We were sad to say goodbye to Almerimar. It's a great place for yachts to stopover and we made some good friends there during our visits. Happily we have three new 140watt solar panels on the boat for lots of power. Regis and his team did a fabulous job with the stainless steel as usual. The 2x1.5metre array doesn't seem obtrusive above the davits and provides an excellent tender cover! We also picked up a SSB receiver and a great new asymmetric (gennaker) which we love! The new asymmetric has a sock (rather than a furler) and is heavier than the old one so we can fly it happily in 20knots. On our test run down to Gibraltar everything went smoothly so we're very happy. Now we wait here in Gib for the flexible fuel tanks to arrive from Australia. We've bought 2x150L and 2x100L heavy duty deck tanks from TurtlePac for the trip home. We can fill the deck tanks with diesel before a big passage then roll them up into a locker once the fuel is used. Who would have thought buying in Australia and shipping to the other side of the world would be the way to go! Best prices and quickest deliveries! We've also sourced a chartplotter part from Australia. It arrived 4 days following ordering after we had been given a 4-6 week wait by Raymarine anywhere in Europe. It's sad to be saying goodbye to the Med but we're excited about the next stage of the journey. There are so many wonderful memories here we're sure we'll be back to do it all again.