A noisy night of the Spanish partying til 5. Wow, I know they like soccer but winning the Euros really pushed them over the top! Great to hear but still craving that good night sleep.Laundry and boat prep before we positioned in a local bay – Ensenada de Bolonia – ready for any early push…
The rolly night left us tired and we expected a similar weather for the night so we motored across the bay to an anchorage near the bridge. This is a great spot if a little unattractive and noisy from the road traffic over the bridge. But we had the best nights sleep. If we hadn’t…
With a Northerly wind behind us and a Westerly forecast we looked forward to a good day of sailing. We caught the falling tide just before 8 and soon had the head sail up with 4.5 knots. Sailing down this coast is pleasant but uninspiring. Chipiona is a good safe bolt hole with a good…
Not a great night of sleep with a late joiner to the anchorage messing with my ‘chi’. You never know how well someone else has anchored and hoe safe they are. But having arrived at night you have to assume they are experienced sailors.We awoke to a beautiful day with strong winds from the West….
It has been several weeks in the preparation of Eclipse but today we started, or actually restarted or trip to the Med. A variety of events has led us to having a new home base in Portugal. But we are finally ready to push onwards towards Greece. We aim to do this is a couple…