After high winds all afternoon and evening it was very calm in morning. No more white tops in the marina and we were good to go 🙂
We set out for short hop to marina del este, knowing there probably wouldn’t be much, if any, wind. Indeed the forecast was right and we motored on beautiful blue seas along the lovely coastline.
We arrived around lunchtime and after pulling up alongside the waiting quay we were put on a lovely berth. We spent the afternoon watching all manner of boats come and go along with boatloads of scuba divers.
I left skipper Nigel having a siesta and went off walking up the hill. I wanted to get to the top this time and ended up walking up to the lighthouse. The views were stunning and it was well worth the effort.
In the evening Skipper Nigel took all the photos for a change and it was a lovely sunset indeed.
Around 1am we were awoken by gusting, howling wind – very odd. It wasn’t forecast and lasted only about 20 minutes by the morning all was calm again and we sailed away towards our destination of Adra…..well, we motored away 😉
We got nice views back to the lighthouse at the top of the point. We had fair winds and we got the sails out, and our jumpers on – it was cold wind !! We had to make lots of tacks to keep heading in the right direction and wind in the sails. When we reached Motril we saw a regatta (it was Sunday) the yachts seemed to be flying along but not on the same tack as us. Eventually we made it to Adra and just as we were entering the marina the 3 masted tourist ship was departing …..
We had a lovely evening aboard, with spaghetti Bolognese (rather than Sunday roast !!) Adra is a very unusual marina in that it seems really underdeveloped however maybe that is about to change since the diggers have broken ground on the new marina building since we were here at the beginning of the month. Perhaps next time we visit it will be a different experience altogether.
The Adventures of Gemini J 