Arrived in Formentera

It was an interesting trip. We had a weather window of about 4 days when the wind was blowing from the west, this would have been right behind us for the whole trip of about 3 1/2 days. Unfortunately we were held up in the marina at Gibraltar for about a day and a half.

We finally left at midnight on Wednesday and had light to moderate winds behind us for a couple of days. Then it stopped! We then had to motor for about 18 hrs until we got a little more wind. We finally anchored on the west coast of Formentera, the smallest and least known of the Balearic Islands, and just south of Ibiza, on Sunday morning. Ibiza is the Spanish party island that all the young English flock to. Can't wait to get into those night clubs, one can take up to 10,000 guests!

Very nice clear water here, where you can see the sandy bottom four metres down. It's the first time we have had this since the Western Caribbean. (That's over a year ago!)Will go and inspect the hull and have a bit of a swim today, although the water is only 22 degrees, a bit chilly for the Admiral, although it doesn't seem to deter anybody else!