capnsensible
Well-Known Member
Back now from our 'traditional' September cruise. Decided this year to risk it for the Ibiza biscuit, but the plan never survives contact with the weather!
Plan was for 3 aspiring Captains to get their over 60 mile qualifying passages in for YM exams in the future. Acheived that, but Mrs Neptune did cut us a bit short of getting to the Balearics.
Spent most of the 12 days beating, how surprising....the wind in the Med really is nothing or from where you want to goto!
Still, got to see Fuengirola (top staff even when you get in late and go early). Garrucha after a 170 mile beat, top yacht club food.
Palos and tacking through a fishing fleet in the dark and windy. Cartagena, wow, go there for the Roman festival, brill.
Blagged a berth in Aguilas private marina, lucky shot, then 0530 departure for Aguadulce, took ages coz we had to beat back the other way round Gata (not my favourite headland at this time
Top tips for Aguadulce, do not order Ox Steak in an Argentinian restaurant and do not loose your receipt for the shower key!
Happiness is then a 15 mile over ground but 11 million mile through water beat into 30 knots to a surfy entrance Almerimar. Cheap and best steak pie and chips ever.
We then managed to get back to Gib via Benalmadena in the worst rain round here since the old king died. Half of Spain washed out to sea, and some interesting sea water blockages for the engine cooling inlet. In the dark. Of course. (tip, blow back with dinghy pump).
However, brill 2 weeks, round again sir??
CS
Plan was for 3 aspiring Captains to get their over 60 mile qualifying passages in for YM exams in the future. Acheived that, but Mrs Neptune did cut us a bit short of getting to the Balearics.
Spent most of the 12 days beating, how surprising....the wind in the Med really is nothing or from where you want to goto!
Still, got to see Fuengirola (top staff even when you get in late and go early). Garrucha after a 170 mile beat, top yacht club food.
Palos and tacking through a fishing fleet in the dark and windy. Cartagena, wow, go there for the Roman festival, brill.
Blagged a berth in Aguilas private marina, lucky shot, then 0530 departure for Aguadulce, took ages coz we had to beat back the other way round Gata (not my favourite headland at this time
Top tips for Aguadulce, do not order Ox Steak in an Argentinian restaurant and do not loose your receipt for the shower key!
Happiness is then a 15 mile over ground but 11 million mile through water beat into 30 knots to a surfy entrance Almerimar. Cheap and best steak pie and chips ever.
We then managed to get back to Gib via Benalmadena in the worst rain round here since the old king died. Half of Spain washed out to sea, and some interesting sea water blockages for the engine cooling inlet. In the dark. Of course. (tip, blow back with dinghy pump).
However, brill 2 weeks, round again sir??
CS
