So, today was our last day, and amazingly we managed to do some sailing. As usual we were up at sunrise, but today we prepared ourselves for an earlier start than normal. We watched the fishing boats preparing and leaving as we had coffee.
Once again it was a hazy start to the day as we made our way down the familiar coastline towards Isla Grosa and on to Cabo de Palos. The conditions were calm and hazy and we had to motor sail to make progress.
As we know from experience this is a journey of two halves (not in distance) there is almost always a change in conditions as we round Cabo de Palos and today was no different, round the cabo (cape) we found high seas and high winds, we made our way out towards the Islas Hormigas to make the most of the conditions and finally we put the sails up and switched off the motor !!
We sailed all the way back to Cartagena and we were extremely happy for this to be the way that we were able to end our trip. As usual on this stretch of coast we saw a fair bit of yacht traffic which was good fun to sail alongside. 
Overall this was one of the best days of the trip (which is brilliant considering neither of us was really looking forward to the last day) We were “surfing” down the waves which were behind us and we had the mainsail reefed making the most of the 14-15 knot winds.
The entry to Cartagena was a welcome sight and there was even a cruise ship in port to make it even more spectacular than usual.
So it was that we finished our trip, tired and happy after a great day sailing.
The Adventures of Gemini J 
Congratulations getting back to Cartagena . Send our love to the girls in the office and say we plan to winter in Cartagena again next year 19/20.
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