Carloforte by Day - Photos
Ile Jeudi
Bob and Lin Griffiths
Tue 26 Jul 2011 13:54
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Tuesday 26 July 2011
It's a good job we like Carloforte because the
winds kept us her for 6 days. At €77 a night at the marina this wasn't
funny. We were glad we weren't there in August as the price goes up to
€120 a night.
We bumped into Phil and Monica from the catamaran
'Miss Molly'. We last saw them in Marmaris where they had been out of the
water for months refurbishing their boat. We had a drink with them on
board their cat and had lunch with them the next day before they departed for
Menorca. They were going to spend a few weeks in the Balearics on their
way west and intend to cross the Atlantic this winter (as we do). We hope
to catch up with them again at least by the time we reach the Canary
Islands.
Some (not very good) pictures of Carloforte by
day:-
   We intend to skip the Balearics and sail straight
to mainland Spain, perhaps Cartagena. We have a wind vane (Hydrovane) and
a Satellite phone being delivered to Gibraltar, as well as an AIS (Automatic
Identification System) which transmits and recieves data about us and other
ships. A great way to find out what ships are up to if they are near you
so you can take avoiding action. These have all got to be fitted and
tested before we leave the Spanish / Portugese mainland so we have quite a bit
to do yet |