Today we said goodbye to Santa Pola once again, although it should be more hasta luego since I am sure we´ll be back here in the future. It is always beautiful and the people here are super helpful and welcoming.
We made a familiar journey today, Santa Pola to our old marina in San Pedro del Pinatar (just under 25 nautical miles). No major issues it was extremely calm and quite hazy as we left. We had mixed feelings knowing this was to be our last night mooring away before we reach Cartagena. Once again we found ourselves motoring away with the sail up to try to get as much as possible from the wind. We passed a few other sailing yachts today and overall it was a nice day, we did manage a few hours sailing without the motor which we were super happy about, and Nigel tried more fishing….
The excitement of the day was probably navigating our way through the fish farms, of which there are quite a few in Santa Pola bay.
I tried to take some photos but they don´t look like much since you can´t get very close to them. What is more of an issue to the passing sailor are all the small pots and nets that the small fishing boats seem to place all around them (presumably to catch any escapees). They are really difficult to spot and we had to keep a constant eye on the horizon for them. We passed quite a few today, a reminder to always be vigiliant, if the boat runs over or gets tangled in one who knows what damage it might cause.
The weather in the afternoon was pleasant and we took turns on the helm slowly but surely making our way back down the familiar coastline, past Campoamor where we first moored the boat back to San Pedro where she has been for the past couple of years. We moored up on the visitor quay and had a relaxing evening watching the fishing boats and seagulls. It always amazes us how Tines wants to chase birds that are literally bigger than she is!!
The Adventures of Gemini J 