We woke up early to a bright, beautiful Mazarrón sunrise.
The first order of the day was refuelling and shortly after we were on our way. The swell was about a meter and the boat was rolling along on the way towards Cartagena. It was a lovely bright sunny day after the rain of last night. We had a fabulous final motor sail round cabo tiñoso and towards the tankers on anchor just outside the port.
As we approached the port we weren’t alone, we were on course to reach the port light at the same time as a massive container ship. We never argue with other vessels travelling at speed so we slowed down and followed it, and it’s tug boat into port. We rounded the pontoon and entered our home port of Yacht Port Cartagena – we got on berth perfectly – but soon realised there was a problem with the lazy lines (the ropes that hold the boat anchored to the bottom of the marina). The marinero was scratching his head, we were puzzled and between the 3 of us we had to move the boat to the next mooring space along in order to secure the boat properly. It is a mystery as to what the problem is, but it gave us a final challenge to end our trip !! We had a fabulous time and we were sad to leave the boat but happy to find our cats in good health to welcome us home – in time for tea too 🙂
p.s. Skipper Nigel has promised to write a blog too …… watch this space 😉
The Adventures of Gemini J 