Anybody.....Living aboard in a Marina?

It was very mild last Christmas. The worst of the weather further west in Gib tends to be January and February, much like most of the Med I think.
 
capnsensible said:
Have spent 9 winters in Gib! I like it here but would like to try Malta one day.
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I was watching that tv series 'Britain in the sun' which was about Gib.
I've got a sneeking feeling they were exagerating the 'bucket and spade' aspects of the Rock.

Is it really Backpool in the sun, or much nicer?
 
Having spent 2 consecutive winters in Gib I can honestly say I loved being there.
Malta is an amazing place to visit, just spent almost a month there. Marina fees are excessive in comparison to many other destinations though.
Licata, where we're wintering now, is very nice and incredible food. Friendly local folk and can't fault the marina.
There's just something about Gib, can't explain it but miss the place tons.
 
rustybarge said:
I was watching that tv series 'Britain in the sun' which was about Gib.
I've got a sneeking feeling they were exagerating the 'bucket and spade' aspects of the Rock.

Is it really Backpool in the sun, or much nicer?
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Its certainly nothing like Blackpool! Most people like it for a day visit but not much longer than that. Suits me personally though as the location for sailing. Have made some good Gibraltarian friends and the lifestyle suits.
 
SamanthaTabs said:
Having spent 2 consecutive winters in Gib I can honestly say I loved being there.
Malta is an amazing place to visit, just spent almost a month there. Marina fees are excessive in comparison to many other destinations though.
Licata, where we're wintering now, is very nice and incredible food. Friendly local folk and can't fault the marina.
There's just something about Gib, can't explain it but miss the place tons.
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I suppose one of the The attractions of Gib is that you can walk over the border to Spain and all it's got to offer, so you'll never get bored....whereas Malta is a tiny island remote from the rest of Europe, and when you've seen it you've seen it.
 
capnsensible said:
Its certainly nothing like Blackpool! Most people like it for a day visit but not much longer than that. Suits me personally though as the location for sailing. Have made some good Gibraltarian friends and the lifestyle suits.
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I only remember Gib from years ago when it was a honky-tonk border town with one dirty main street.
Looking at Google maps it looks like a totally different place now.

Is it true that there's always a cloud stuck over the rock, winter and summer? ( shade in the summer sounds great)
 
Ah, there is the Levanter cloud that forms routinely in an easterly wind. From verb to rise. Warm moist air gets lifted by the rock and condenses as cloud. Quite spectacular sometimes. Eerie being up the top and watching the cloud forming and whooshing up at an amazing rate
 
capnsensible said:
Ah, there is the Levanter cloud that forms routinely in an easterly wind. From verb to rise. Warm moist air gets lifted by the rock and condenses as cloud. Quite spectacular sometimes. Eerie being up the top and watching the cloud forming and whooshing up at an amazing rate
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I think i might give it a go after Christmas; i'm in the process of building a hardtop on my Cat the moment.
If the weather's wet, i can always head west towards Portugal.

Which marina would you recommend for a small boat 8mtrs?( I.e. no swell.)
 
They can both be a bit lively on occasion, but we are happy in Marina Bay....or Ocean Village as it prefers. Nostrodamus (and others on here) have wintered over in La Linea and seemed OK with that. I prefer Gib though but I do use the marina over there from time to time.

Snag here at the moment is that the marina is being prepared for a large floating hotel and is a bit of a building site!
 
capnsensible said:
They can both be a bit lively on occasion, but we are happy in Marina Bay....or Ocean Village as it prefers. Nostrodamus (and others on here) have wintered over in La Linea and seemed OK with that. I prefer Gib though but I do use the marina over there from time to time.

Snag here at the moment is that the marina is being prepared for a large floating hotel and is a bit of a building site!
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Where isn't? The price of progress.

I like fishing....looked like some exciting waters in the straights on the tv program, dodging supertankers and Spanish patrol boats.

I will see if i can book a space for January, DV. I'll be shipping my boat out, Biscay in the winter might be a bit ambitious!
 
There are loads of liveaboards in Marina Bay, Gibraltar, just 10 minutes walk from the airport. Visitors aren't encouraged though.
 
That is a good site.
The view of St. Georges appears to have the cam on the roof of one of the best bars in the area, a former forge still in the hands of the family that ran the smithy.
Far more intersting than anywhere in St Julians/Paceville.
Re. the weather, I spend half of December on Malta last year, including Christmas and apart from one day of rain it was shirt-sleeve weather the whole time.
The Gregale can kick up at times, though.
 
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