Global Yacht Racing's P42 - Leaving Gibraltar

Leaving Gibraltar

Global Yacht Racing's P42

Global Yacht Racing

Thu 25 Sep 2008 14:46

36:11.5N 4:50.9W

We left Marina Bay in Gibraltar at 12.30 local time (BST +1) after waiting for permission from Port Control to clear the airport runway area.

We fitted the boat's stereo yesterday, so we've now got tunes (and some shocking dancing) to relieve the boredom as we motor East in very hot sunshine. I think it's all about to change though - our 5-6 knot tail wind has gone completely and it's starting to fill in from the north-west as promised. As the day goes on I expect we'll be sailing close-hauled (into the wind) which will be a lot cooler, and probably wetter than what we've been used to so far!

We're heading for the Spanish port of Cartagena, where Tony and Kath are planning to leave us on Sunday.

Blog Entries

2009

Jun 2009

Thu 4 Jun 05:48
- Final miles...:-(
Wed 3 Jun 07:32
- UK on the horizon...
Mon 1 Jun 17:43
- ~400 miles to go, but still beating

May 2009

Sun 31 May 13:11
- hardcore...continued
Sat 30 May 09:30
- hardcore?
Fri 29 May 06:27
- easy night...what's next?
Thu 28 May 03:11
- yeah!...majorrr progress
Tue 26 May 16:56
- 3 wise men moving on...~1400 Miles to go
Fri 22 May 09:21
- surfin the Atlantic towards Azores: major progress!!! (finally)
Thu 21 May 11:33
- These are a few of my favourite things
Wed 20 May 10:59
- Update 20th May 9.50 GMT. Inclusing "Songs for Sailing #1"
Mon 18 May 20:41
- sunshine again
- better and better
Sun 17 May 14:53
- update at 12:00 GMT on 17/05/2009
Sat 16 May 02:08
- rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrough sea....
Fri 15 May 15:26
- update at 12:00 GMT on 15/05/2009
Thu 14 May 14:59
- Dolphins!
Wed 13 May 14:41
- Captains Log
Tue 12 May 15:00
- Day 7 on the Big Brother Boat
Mon 11 May 14:24
- again a fantastic day
Sun 10 May 14:46
- Amazing weather...
Sat 9 May 11:34
- Update 10:30 UTC 09/05/2009
Fri 8 May 14:38
- update 13:30 UTC 08.05.2009
Thu 7 May 18:24
- update 07.05.2005
Wed 6 May 20:30
- Leaving Falmouth Harbour Antigua

2008

Dec 2008

Tue 9 Dec 22:38
- ARC Log - Day 16
Mon 8 Dec 20:41
- ARC Log - Day 15
Sun 7 Dec 21:29
- ARC Log - Day 14
Sat 6 Dec 22:10
- ARC Log - Day 13
Fri 5 Dec 16:40
- ARC Log - Day 12
Thu 4 Dec 22:00
- ARC Log - Day 11
Wed 3 Dec 19:55
- ARC Log - Day 10
Tue 2 Dec 20:06
- ARC Log - Day 9
Mon 1 Dec 18:00
- ARC Log - Day 8

Nov 2008

Sun 30 Nov 19:08
- ARC Log - Day 7
Sat 29 Nov 19:15
- ARC Log - Day 6
Fri 28 Nov 21:14
- ARC Log - Day 5
Thu 27 Nov 20:16
- ARC Log - Day 4
Wed 26 Nov 16:42
- ARC Log - Day 3
Tue 25 Nov 19:22
- ARC Log - Day 2
Mon 24 Nov 16:37
- ARC Log - Day 1
Sun 23 Nov 13:23
- ARC Log - Preparation week
Thu 13 Nov 08:57
- Safely in the bar
Wed 12 Nov 11:15
- THE PERFECT TEN
Tue 11 Nov 12:08
- Boring
Mon 10 Nov 18:34
- Fish!
- IN THE WAKE OF COLUMBUS
- A good day for fishing...
Sun 9 Nov 11:00
- Kite up!
Sat 8 Nov 17:40
- Leaving Gibraltar
Fri 7 Nov 14:10
- Gibraltar
Thu 6 Nov 08:14
- SNOW!!
Wed 5 Nov 15:03
- Left Cartagena
Mon 3 Nov 11:17
- I don't really hate sailing
Sun 2 Nov 15:35
- I hate sailing
Sat 1 Nov 22:47
- Powered up!
- Specticles, testicles, wallet and watch...

Oct 2008

Fri 31 Oct 10:04
- Leaving Sardina
Wed 29 Oct 13:54
- Safe in Cagliari
Tue 28 Oct 17:59
- Playing with electricity
- Tricky downwind driving
Mon 27 Oct 16:15
- Leaving Malta
Sun 5 Oct 14:45
Sat 4 Oct 09:22
- Malta
Fri 3 Oct 19:09
- Tuna!
- Breakfast in Pantelleria
Thu 2 Oct 16:45
- Pantelleria pit-stop
- Hooning downwind
Wed 1 Oct 12:38
- Catch of the day...
- More of the same

Sep 2008

Tue 30 Sep 13:18
- Turtles!
- Sleepy
Mon 29 Sep 01:09
- Paul and the weather gods
Sat 27 Sep 11:58
- The rain in spain...
Fri 26 Sep 16:02
- Sailing again
- Boogies and More Wildlife.....
Thu 25 Sep 14:46
- Leaving Gibraltar
Wed 24 Sep 17:47
- Photos so far...
Tue 23 Sep 15:25
- Fish food
- Torsoes and Toenails
Mon 22 Sep 11:22
- Fog
- Cascais
Sat 20 Sep 18:05
- Nearly there!
- Kath's grand day out
Fri 19 Sep 13:00
Thu 18 Sep 15:43
- 45:18.0N 8:08.4W at 1645
- Happy birthday to me
Wed 17 Sep 21:06
Tue 16 Sep 18:34
- Slipped Plymouth

Leaving Gibraltar

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