Month: August 2018

30 hour sail with variable to excellent winds. One Thunderstorm at night which we detoured around its southern rim.

Anchoring for the first time was troublesome related to issues with the windlass. We abandoned the maneuver and sorted out the technical trouble. About our second attempt we have this beautiful doodle Lunara generated on the chartplotter – see photo. Diving to the anchor showed it wedged in a rock crevesse in 5meters with the chain wrapped around a bolder 🙁

We were lucky to get our gear up in one piece. Finally, 3 hours later, we got the anchor down properly and relaxed withsome bubbly drink.

This morning we woke up to a sizable thunderstorm front moving through the anchorage.

We plan to stay here for the next two days and relax.

Martin

Big heat wave in Europe! We are glad that we have air condition on the boat! Little stroll in the morning!

Every second day a cruise ship docks very early in the morning. The city fills up with 1000s of cruisers shopping in downtown Cartagena. On those days we see increased police presence guarding the shopping district. Same day in the evening the cruise ship leaves port and calm returns to Cartagena.

We are settling into the Spanish lifestyle, active in the mornings and evenings.

Mid-day it’s hot and humid and all stores, restaurants etc are closed from 14:00h to 17:00h or later.

Yesterday evening we sorted and marked all our ropes plus a glas of local Rose wine.

See photo