Friday, June the 5th – 23:00 – Barbate / Spain

Today the weather forecast was promising a nice sailing day. The target for today was Barbate which is the only safe harbour between Cadiz and Gibraltar. We spent about one hour washing the dirt off the boat which was blown into the marina from a close by construction site. Everything was full of dirt and sand. We finally left Cadiz at about 10:00 local time. It was blowing more than forecasted outside and the provisionally taken in second reef proved to be a good idea. We tacked for 8 hours in a SE F6 and decided to turn on the engine at 18:00 in order to arrive at the harbour before the night. The last 3 hours we spent motoring against a SE F6 levanter and big seas and carefully looking for tuna fish nets. We safely arrived in Barbate Marina at 21:20.

Tomorrow’s target is Gibraltar which is also the end of the third leg of the voyage.

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2 Replies to “Friday, June the 5th – 23:00 – Barbate / Spain”

  1. Hallo Angelos!
    Gibraltar ist erreicht und damit ist ein großes Stück der Reise geschafft! Die raue Nordsee und der Atlantik liegen hinter Dir, jetzt wartet das Mittelmeer auf die Matilda.
    Ich lese mit großem Interesse Deine Berichte und freue mich über die tollen Fotos.
    Weiterhin guten Wind und immer genügend Wasser unter dem Kiel
    Dietrich

    1. Hallo Dietrich, Gibraltar ist ein Meilenstein. Außerdem eine wirklich schöne Stadt. Sehr Britisch in jeglicher hinsicht; sogar etwas Nieselregen war dabei :-) Danke für die guten Wünsche!

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