28 November So good to be in a marina after an overnight passage, with very little sleep. We felt a bit guilty as Mark and Jennifer were busy cleaning Starlet and we only did a few small jobs and then relaxed. We went for a walk into the town, the marina is enclosed with high …
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26 November We enjoyed a lovely meal to celebrate Marks Birthday and our last night in The Mediterranean. Robbie and I had roast lamb leg, Mark had Sole and Jennifer had Chicken. We all shared Calamari as a starter and it was some of the nicest food we have had in the Med. We were …
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25 November We departed Gibraltar just after 7:00am, it was still dark but we were trying to get the right tide for our 18 mile passage to Tarifa. Tarifa is a small harbour and marina on the bottom of the Spanish Coast, and supposedly a good place to exit the Gibraltar Straights and to wait …
Gibraltar 20th November another early start for our passage to Gibraltar. Certainly can’t complain we had a perfectly Calm passage all the way. We rounded the rock in flat calm seas and got great shots of the Rock, and of Africa on the other side of the Gibraltar Straights. We had to wait for half …
19th November 2015: We had a real early – 6:30am start for our 55 nautical mile passage to Benalmadena. That’s a bit of a shock to the system after 3 weeks of sleep ins!! We are trying to make some miles today as the weather forecast is not looking very favourable for the next few …
November 18th 2015: We departed Agua Dulce Marina at 9:00am after we settled the bill. It’s the longest time we have spent in any marina since New Zealand. I drove Southern Star out of the marina berth. I have done this the last few times, trying to get my confidence up. Robbie is always onto …
29 October 2015 It is with much sadness that Southern Star cruised her last passage with sailing vessel “Stormvogel” today from San Jose, to Agua Dulce, Spain. We have been cruising/sailing with “Stormvogel” since we departed New Zealand in May 2014. We left NZ with “Stormvogel” and “Oda” and crossed the Pacific to Vanuatu where …
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