Sailing

It's 9 AM we are finally sailing! Full main is up and gennaker is out. Engines are off. Peace and quiet finally.
Course 273M
Winds are 15 knots true, 7.5 apparent.
Cloudy/overcast skies. 1 ft waves with no swell.

Log update

6:56am on Saturday, Dec 3rd and all is well. 7 miles off Cabo de Gata, Spain. Heading 271M making 6 knots on the starboard engine. Still very dark out. No sunrise evident in the east. No wind yet but the weather report shows it's coming in the next few hours. Slight mist/rain in the air.

Pump out

Saw Larry's boat getting pump out service (sewage). Apparently they can't be troubled to use the onshore facilities.
As I walked by I noticed it smelled like roses :-)

On to Gibraltar

Headed out at 5:30pm today. No wind so motoring along at 6 knots.
Saw a crescent moon and Venus. Flat seas and very quiet other than the hum of the port engine. Saw beautiful phosphorescence streaming in the bow wake. It reminded me of the northern lights but in the sea instead of the sky. Brilliant green in color.
The wind isn't supposed to pickup until around 10am so it should be a quiet night. Watch schedule is 2 hours on, 2 off (2 at a time for this first night).


-Greg

Larry's boat

Larry Ellison's boat (of Oracle fame) is here on Cartagena:

Larry's boat

Larry Ellison's boat (of Oracle fame) is here on Cartagena:

BlaBlaCar

The bus got me to Plaza España at 9:10. Fortunately the car waited for me with help from Carlos relaying my proximity to Juan the BlaBlaCar driver as the bus wound through morning rush hour traffic.