Marina Rubicon
Ile Jeudi
Bob and Lin Griffiths
Sat 8 Sep 2012 14:21
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28:51.37N 13:48.84W
Saturday 8 September 2012
Distance Run 9 Miles
After another vain attempt to get some canvass work
done Saturday saw us leaving the marina about 11am. There was a queue at
the fuel dock, or rather the fuel man was engaged in animated conversation with
a customer who had finished but whose boat was occupying the space so we decided
to skip the diesel top up for now.
There was very little wind again so we motored down
the coast. The electric compass which feeds the chart plotter had decided
to go doolaly, as it does occasionaly, and was showing that we were travelling
at about 90 degrees to our true course. This requires re-calibration which
involves turning slowly in at least two circles whilst it finds itself
again. As this has to be done over a period of at least two minutes it can
cause bemusement to other boat users who must wonder what we are up to as we
slowly drift around.
We turned at the south east point of Lanzarote
on to the south coast and had a look at the beaches at Papagaya. These are
very sandy and sheltered and used to be quite difficult to get to by
road but are now quite popular. We motored into Marina Rubicon, topped up
with diesel at only €1.18 a litre (a recent record low) and checked
in.
The marina has good pontoons and is only a
mile or so east of Playa Blanca. This will be accessible on foot or bike
so it makes a much more viable long stay option. As a bonus, the
daily price was less than the 'proper' price at Calero and the discount was
greater so we have decided to book for 30 days. This will take us to just
after the two weeks when Mon and Nev are here so works out quite well
and we can get some jobs done in the meantime.
Lin first came to Playa Blanca in the early '80's
and I did in '87. We both remember it as a small place with one cafe
beside one small beach with very little in the way of tarmac roads. It had
expanded a lot when we were last here about 10 years ago and we can see it has
grown much more since then.
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