Roaring Girl

The adventures of the yacht Roaring Girl wandering the seas.

12 August 2013 | Ipswich, England
17 July 2012
16 July 2012
10 July 2012
05 July 2012
03 July 2012
03 July 2012
03 July 2012
02 July 2012 | Shanghai (high up!)
02 July 2012 | Shanghai (high up!)
02 July 2012 | Shanghai (high up!)
02 July 2012
02 July 2012 | Shanghai
01 July 2012
01 July 2012 | Moganshan Lu, Shanghai

Pilotage into Melilla

15 July 2007 | Melilla
Hot
This is straightforward in daylight but a little alarming in the dark. If coming from the north, go round the starboard mole and go west. (The pilot book says this but it is very counter-intuitive!) You will see the second green light flashing ((2)G7s); head towards it. As you do, you will open up two red lights to port. One is Fl.R5s, and the other Fl(2+1)R12s. Go between these lights to enter the marina. You go down the aisle, leaving the flash new capitanerie building with its wing-shaped concrete roof to starboard, and at the end, do a u-turn round the building and the fuel dock. The quay where most visiting yachts are moored is then to starboard.
It is important to keep well up to the north (Spanish) side of the port as there is a man-made reef of rocks dumped into the harbour on the Moroccan side. This is marked (most of the time) by an east cardinal buoy. A boat did go aground on it the other night, but got off eventually with no serious harm done.
Finally got a picture sorted out to try and give an idea of the harbour.
Comments
Vessel Name: Roaring Girl
Vessel Make/Model: Maxi 120
Hailing Port: Ipswich
Crew: Pip Harris and Sarah Tanburn
About: Captain Sarah and Chief Engineer/Mate Pip moved on board in 2003 and finally made the break in 2006. Roaring Girl, launched in 1977, has already been round the world once, and has a lot more seamiles than the two of us put together.
Extra: These pages aim to bring you our adventures as they happen, as well as Roaring Girl's sailing prowess. And to show off Pip's silverwork as well.

Who we are

Who: Pip Harris and Sarah Tanburn
Port: Ipswich