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Crossing to Marseille
Our route from Enseñada sa Costera to the northern most tip of Mallorca the next day was again comprised of a long procession of dramatic, pale grey cliffs that [...]
Mallorca
Two days later, an eleven-hour sail had us across the passage between Ibiza and Mallorca, the main island in the Balearics, and arriving at the Cala d’Egos. Approaching [...]
Ibiza
None too early the next morning we slipped our mooring and ambled up the eastern coast of Ibiza, passing by the city of Ibiza itself before eventually anchoring under [...]
Off to Ibiza
Surprisingly, our very cunning plan of giving the easterly winds the slip near Gibraltar had worked and we were now far enough north of the strong easterly winds that [...]
Sailing along the Costa del Sol
Mediterranean winds Our next hop was to the Balearic Islands. However, once again, we were now on a schedule; we had a date with the TGV for travel from [...]
Gibraltar
La Linea was hot despite the wind coming in from the Strait. Off Yuma’s starboard quarter as we moored up the Rock of Gibraltar loomed large under a bright [...]
Trafalgar, tuna and tuna nets
Once the winds finally died down a bit, we left Chipiona for Barbate, together with a few other sailing yachts including Marcus and his new crew member. We were [...]
The joys of discovering a small town
We had hoped to make Cádiz our next stop, but with bad weather approaching and a regatta on over the next couple of days, we were unable to secure [...]