Costa Blanca
Blue Sky's Voyage
George & Michael
Sun 1 Oct 2006 11:01
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Hello Friends
Welcome back to the Blog!
Let's start with some nature - a pic
of a genuine Audouins Gull (note red bill & black stripe) demonstrating his
technique for walking on water.
 actually we were trying to feed him
as we were having lunch, but every scrap thrown was intercepted by the fish
before he could get to it. Obviously not as tenacious as your typical British
herring gull, which generally takes your food before it's thrown.
Palma turned out to be full so we
left Blue Sky in El Arenal just to the south. Sue returned to the UK and Ben
arrived on time to look after the boat. We had a successful trip back to the UK
for George's Mum's birthday party and for Michael's brothers' annual
reunion.
We sailed west around the picturesque
north side of Ibiza - not a disco in sight, fortunately! Here's a pic of a very
comfortable anchorage which was host to an epic afternoon nap. (3 photos, joined
by autostitch - thanks Ian).
 Yet again we're on a schedule - must
get to Gib in time to meet Barnie and Alex, so we crossed to Spain yesterday and
anchored just S of Cabo de San Antonio. As I type, we're heading SW just off
Benidorm and the wind is set to turn against us tommorow evening, so we'll
probably carry on nostop until somewhere round Almeria. Getting to Gib is quite
possibly the last time we're ever going to try to get anywhere on schedule -
much better to ignore the date and just wait until the wind suits.
and as I'm signing off - STOP PRESS
- George has just caught a nice large fish - we think a red tuna,
in time for lunch too !
Best Wishes and Bon
Appetit
George and Michael
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