Archives for the '2004 – SE Spain (Andalucia)' Category
Torrevieja
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 [...]
Journey from Adra to Cartagena
No wind so it was a long motor most of the way to Cartagena. We passed close to a couple of headlands on the way in the dark, so it was an interesting passage. In the morning we made a detour to avoid a torpedo firing exercise near to Cartagena, at which point the wind [...]
Motril
Eventually we decided to stop at Motril, a commercial and fishing harbour next to an unattractive town, and we spent the afternoon and night anchored in the outer part of the harbour. The inner harbour was very smelly with various nearby chemical works and cargo ship loading, but the outer harbour seemed ok. Nigel and [...]
Malaga
In the evening we left Fuengirola, there was a bit of wind from the west and we took about 31/2 hours to get to Malaga. Half under sail, and then as it was getting dark we became motor-assisted. We understood that yachts are not welcome in Malaga harbour which is a busy commercial and fishing [...]
Fuengirola
On 17th July we arrived at Fuengirola and were in the port office at 9 a.m. However the port office staff weren’t in for another hour so Nigel got some rest and I cooked the tuna and picked it into large steaks and made some pasta, with sweetcorn and mayonnaise to go with it. After [...]
Gibraltar to SE Spain
Journey from Gibraltar into SE Spain (the Mediterranean!) That night as the wind had dropped almost to nothing, we decided to make our bid for freedom and exit the Strait. We called up our friends from Guernsey, Phil Horsepool and Sue Garau, who now live near Mijas (pronounced Mihas) near Fuengirola and Marbella, and arranged [...]