OCTOBER 2011
Sat 1 - Carloforte SADRINA 39 08.61N 8 18.48E morning walk of town, lovely - commenced 200 mile passage to MENORCA - BLAERICS ISLANDS - SPAIN
Sun 2 - good passage - 125% genoa made all the difference in the light winds & Hydrovane Henry got a go too!
Mon 3- arrived right on 1st light into Mahon ISLAND MENORCA -anchor Cala Teulera 39 25N 4 18E
Tue 4 - Mahon- anchor off town - lunch, internet, day in town - NW gale warning - must head south
Wed 5 - great day sail to ISLAND OF MALLORCA - anchor Pto de Costa de los Pinos - 39 38N 3 24.6E
Thur 6 - day sail to Porto Petro - lovely - last visited here in summer 2001
Fri 7 - sail and storm - ran for cover at Pto de Campos - gale
Sat 8 - Pto de Campos - gale
Sun 9 - day sail to Pto de s'Estanyol
- a bit of a sail to Magaluf -anchor off town
Tue 11 - bus into Palma for day- extensive marina and repair facilities - lovely town - lots of walking
Wed 12 - moved across bay to Palma Nova - public holiday - Lidl food shopping
Thur 13 -Las Illetas - love anchorage and walk through local area - 39 31.9N 2 35.4E
Fri 14 - PalmaNova- little Club Nautic very handy for dingy, water and shopping -wind picked up - evening off Puerto Portals - with the sea lion!
Sat 15 - Las Illetas - Dillon, Christie and poppy for lunch
Sun 16 - back to Palmanova 39 31.5N 2 32.6E Lidl again - watched rugby world cup, Nz v oz - nz won . night passage to IBIZA
Mon 17 - arrived San Antonio ISLAND OF IBIZA by 11am, to same anchorage we were in 10 years ago - few hours sleep with off again by 5.30pm - night sail to Santa Pola -SPAIN MAINLAND 38 11N 0 33W
Tue 18 - actually sailed back into Western Hemisphere today - arrived off Santa Pola onto fuel dock just as fishing fleet - 20 large fast boats returned. Anchor off Santa Pola marina.
Wed 19 - 7.30am start - short days now - 60 miles arrived in dark to anchor inside harbour - 15 miles sail - to Cartagena 37 35N 0 59W Visited by Customs 8pm, and at midnight Guardia told us to move! Pulled alongside noisy marina dock till 7am - left in the dark.
Thur 20- overnight sail
Fri 21 - arrived 7am- at 1st light to Almerimar Marina. 9am office opened and we were allocated a place. Successful day arranging repairs and getting the lay of the land. Good repair facilities, not so great showers & toilets, good supermarket and local bars & internet café.
Until Mon 31 - Darsena 2 - Number 183 ALMERIMARA Marina. Still really lovely warm sunny days - cooler at night. - Clocks now on winter time.