Monday morning came and we all headed out for coffee and toast overlooking the marina before we spent the day relaxing and messing about on the water. Poppy and Nigel headed out on the dinghy, Judith on Bill the paddle board and me in Ben the kayak. We had a great laugh. The marina is ideal for it.
After our afternoon rest we had a lovely evening aboard Daisy Mae chatting and eating fresh pizza. We discussed our plans for the following day and decided that although the weather was forecast to be very calm we would head for Águilas about 15 nautical miles away.
Tuesday started for 3 of us with a fabulous sunrise walk along the Garrucha/Vera promenade. It was lovely to be dog walking again and Rosie is amusingly playful with all other 4 legged potential friends.
We had planned to leave at 11 and sure enough we enjoyed our coffee overlooking the marina – prepared Daisy Mae and Gemini J and almost 11 on the dot we departed Garrucha. We were surprised when we got out on the water to find just enough wind to sail ! We couldn’t believe our luck – we had long wanted to sail the two yachts together and after such a lot of changed plans it felt amazing. Skipper Nigel spent an enjoyable (and sometimes frustrating) hour or two tweaking our sails to try to keep us ahead of Daisy Mae
We were travelling at almost the same speed – both on Genoa and mainsail in winds of 8-10 knots. We were ahead on Gemini J since we had started out of the marina first and we slowed down to enable us to sail alongside each other. It was great fun. We arrived at Puerto Deportivo Juan Montiel just a couple of hours later and moored next to each other. We took Rosie for a quick walk although it was extremely hot so the rest of the day was spent relaxing and snoozing.
Wednesday morning came and with it another amazing morning walk ….. Águilas is a great little marina, really close to the beach and stunning coastline walk we came across two civil war bunkers used to protect this area from coastal attack.
After breakfast aboard Judith and I went off for a swim, the water was amazing and only a couple of minutes from the boats. We all went and enjoyed a coffee and second breakfast (for the swimmers amongst us) before I went off on Bill the paddle board for my first outing into fully open water. It was fairly choppy and I did have to kneel quite a bit but I had a fabulous time.
Wednesday morning came and with it another dog walk along the stunning coastline.
The day would be spent at sea aboard Gemini J and Daisy Mae – but the story of that is for another day ……
The Adventures of Gemini J 