JACA

Northwest Passage and Beyond

Sitges

We arrived in Sitges Friday around noon. The marina is located west of the old town and main tourist areas but there is a beautiful ( if hilly) Oceanside walkway into “ town”. There are many condos on the hills and this is definitely a major tourist spot....

Torredembarra to Sitges

We were off the dock in Torredembarra shortly after 8 this morning. It had poured overnight but the rain had stopped. We were both a bit surprised by the unsettled sea state but nothing too miserable. The wind was on the nose and it was quite chilly- not quite...

We’re Back!

We arrived back in Torredembarra yesterday- Tuesday May 6. We had a long flying day- Victoria to Vancouver, Vancouver to Toronto and Toronto to Barcelona. Our connections were good and we arrived in Barcelona at 9 am Tuesday morning ( local time) having left...

Leaving Jaca

Monday was a busy day. I got up at 5:30 to find Jamie on his hands and knees in the galley scrubbing the louvred door on the pot and pan cupboard. Things did not slow down from there. Jamie has a check list for leaving Jaca and we've been working our way...

Torredembarra

We left Tarragona yesterday mid morning and were at the marina in Torredembarra by noon. Fuel dock closed in Tarragona but open here. This is our haul out marina for this leg of the journey. Rule is to leave the water tanks empty and the fuel tank full. The...

Tarragona- Day 2

Thursday morning we did more boat prepping in the morning- we went through all of the stored Arctic gear and were able to donate a great deal. We actually have some empty spaces again! Many books were donated to the marina office as well and another load of...