Archives for August 2004
Formentera
We arrived at about 6p.m. and aimed for the anchorage outside La Savina harbour, which was crowded with yachts. We found a place and once anchored consumed a litre of cold Sangria between us, which was excellent! The next day, Tuesday 3rd August, Nigel took Dan to the beach in the morning. Then we went [...]
From Cartagena to Formentera (Balearic Islands)
Sunday 1st August Although we do not have the pilot book for the Balearics, we have a couple of charts and the Mediterranean Almanac which gives details of a few ports there. So we decided to leave Cartagena for Formentera, which we estimated was some 30 hours away. We started out tacking upwind, and after [...]
Cartagena
We arrived at the tiny anchorage outside Cartagena at about 3pm, and dropped anchor in the entrance to the bay outside a couple of other boats. We had a sleep to catch up a bit. Later we ate, and then the Customs “ADUANAS” boat arrived from Cartagena harbour, they stood by for a while before [...]