July/August 2021 - Spanish Coastal navigation, Andalusia and Gibraltar

In Valencia, our Coastal Navigation of 500 nm takes a less glamorous turn... the Spanish Costa Blanca is among the most built-up in the Mediterranean. This photo is emblematic :/ Fortunately Alicante has much to offer: a protected harbor, the old town and the Volvo Ocean Race Museum where you can visit an Imoca 60 outside... and inside; incredible to be able to see how little space a crew of ten people can live for 7 months and more in absolutely extreme weather conditions between the equator and the roaring fifties But Andalusia pays us back :) Almeria, Granada. The Rock, here We are! Gibraltar is a free port, with few taxes and many investments of dubious origin. Fuels are tax-free so diesel instead of €1.40 is €0.88. We calculate that we will arrive with enough diesel fuel to enter the port but for that day of navigation the wind has vanished... all motorized and against the current (on the strait the currents, which can be from the we...