Malua is at 42:20.23N 03:11.91E

The start to the summer was one of those sails you will remember for a long time.  The wind abaft of the beam at 15 knots, the seas flat and the moon full.  Malua finally left Port St Louis on the start of its trip across the Atlantic.  It is a REAL yacht again, a full set of sails, all the lines and halyards and a mast that hold all these up.  What a delight to feel the rise of the swell under the keel and the wind in your hair with the salt spray in your face.

We – I now have a crew, a French lady who has some sailing experience joined Malua for a month while we sail down the Spanish coast.  She fits in well and is a great held in all things sailing and domestic.  I have even cleaned the floor.

The sail started at 3:00 am and we arrived at Port de la Selva just before sunset after a dream crossing of the bay to the French Spanish boarder.  We could see the Pyrenees in the distance and finally the coast appeared as the wind dropped off in the evening.  The bay is large with a number of boat anchored and a good feeling town based on a lively tourist industry supplemented with a small big boat fishing industry.  This is a wonderful cruising ground if the wind does not blow and is sufficiently out of the way to be attractive although some of the developments could have been designed better.

Malua is now in the cala further down the coast along with a number of day trippers and a few cruising yachts to keep us company at night.

A magical moment on Malua