The Catamaran Adventures of Noel and Ceu

Posts Tagged ‘Spain’

Current Location: Barcelona, SpainCurrent Position: 41 22.92 N 002 11.85 E Click to view map. Distance sailed since last post: 4 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereI know…I know! We are back tracking a little bit here but we had so much fun in Barcelona and all through the coast of (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Barcelona, SpainCurrent Position: 41 26 N 002 14.58 E Click to view map. Distance sailed since last post: 65 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereWe are now in Barcelona, Spain, about to depart for Ibiza. We have been unable to beg, buy, borrow or steal a decent internet connection, so this is just a quick update to let you know where we are and why there are no photos! Will update you when we can 🙂
Current Location: Roses, SpainCurrent Position: 42 15.51 N 003 10.49 E Click to view map. Distance sailed since last post: 164 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereFrom St. Tropez it was time to head west and south, the goal being to get to Alicante, Spain by mid July. First stop was (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Valldemossa Harbour, MallorcaCurrent Position: 39 43.11 N 002 35.18 E Click to view map. Distance sailed since last post: 60 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereMy image of Mallorca was always one of brash tourist filled beaches lined with tacky high-rise hotels. I was not expecting to enjoy it (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: San Vicente, Ibiza, SpainCurrent Position: 39 4.5 N 001 35.61 E Click to view map. Distance sailed since last post: 12 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereIbiza is known as a party town. We didn’t see much evidence of that, but then I guess we go to bed too (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Ibiza, SpainCurrent Position: 38 54.85 N 001 27.55 E Click to view map. Distance sailed since last post: 126 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereWe left Mar Menor to pass through the bridge at 8am – only to find that the bridge didn’t open until 10! Oh, well. We (Click to Read More...)
It has now been 6 weeks since we left Kelowna. Time has gone pretty fast, yet feels like a long time since I’ve seen my loved ones. Besides our trip to Portugal, we have spent most time here in Cartagena, where we left the Boat for the winter. After many trips up the mast, Noel (Click to Read More...)
The rigging was supposed to arrive last Friday, but it is still sitting in customs. SO frustrating. But at least as places to sit and wait Cartagena is not too bad. While we were waiting last week we hired a car and drove across to Portugal for a week. Then last week we took a day trip to Mar Menor which is a large lagoon just around the corner. Lots of windsurfing and kite surfing but the towns were pretty unimpressive. Anyway, hopefuly soon we will be able to get on our way. By the way, in case you haven’t noticed, we have now added a photo gallery to the blog, plus also a google map showing all the places we have visited. Hope you like them!
Current Location: Ejido, Andalucía, SpainCurrent Position: 36 41.74 N 002 47.51 W Click to view map. Distance sailed since last post: 128 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereAfter crossing the Gibraltar strait,  it was very impressive arriving in the large Algeciras Bay at dusk. I was surpised by how many huge (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Almonte, Andalucía, SpainCurrent Position: 36 48.47 N 006 20.62 W Click to view map. Distance sailed since last post: 36 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereWe just left Sevilla 2 days ago. We had a great trip back down the River again. First day made it to about half (Click to Read More...)