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Good point! I would be much angrier than them if I lived in that dirty water everywhere. They are so unfortunate.

Recently we encountered 3 orcas. They passed by without any interest in us. They looked like they were late for a meeting. So we didn’t get a chance to sing to them 😄🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Good question. During the summer the area is almost flat. The big waves 🌊 come only in certain months of the year. The marina people told us but I forgot. We get professional weather and sea forecast so we knew that we’d be on a flat sea there.

Yes we had a very tough time 😢

Hi Elliot, thank you for your support, yes we loved Águilas, didn’t go to Mazaron but our friends say it’s a great place as well. I guess Mazaron is your next marina for your boat?

Thank you 🙏🏼 he doesn’t smoke but enjoys drinking beer 🍺 and wine 🍷😄😄😄

Wind was on the stern, just used Genoa from departure point, and got it down before we made our approaches to the marina, we had been slowly reefing in the Genoa since we set sail,

Maritime inclined lessons lol, I think my 25 years in the merchant navy, and all the courses they sent me on, were enough maritime inclined lessons.

Can go to prison for that. It’s illegal to harm the orcas even if your life is in danger. This is Europe not US.

Been wearing t shirt and shorts nearly all the time, sailed 50 miles west to almost Gibraltar, it got cold, by 10pm, was wearing joggies a jersey, and a jacket, yet fifty miles up road, t shirt and shorts.

Had a Spark MPPT solar controller, think it cost a hundred, was 25 amp, the new one is, victron energy 25 amp duo. Got that for £75 in Gibraltar, in shepherds chandlery, I think it was a loose connection to solar panel that blew charger.

The boat has been covered in dust from Sahara several times, every time we sail, we start off with good wind, then it either changes direction or dies, the forecasts are very inaccurate, we have even sailed in a west wind, with forecast telling us it’s east, anchorages are few and far between, marinas ere expensive, and have poor facilities, west of Gibraltar, they are better, some marinas, have zero security, and Spanish climb on your boat to drink, we have had awful lightening storms, and seas that remind me of North Sea, but being stuck in places due to wind, is the worst thing, today left torravijaca for mar menor 14 miles sailed 7 then wind went on the nose, motoring other 7

Thank you for the support ❤️❤️❤️

The problem is weather forecasts, we are using predict wind, and UK Met office, we plan an anchorage from chart, then wind shifts, and sea comes from different direction, and we have to run, and mostly, no where to run to, we got good anchorage at puerto Deportivo next to the inland sea, then got good anchorage at torraviaja. Which is a harbour, and protects from all sides, but most, only protect in certain winds, plus we got covered in dust from Sahara desert in aguilias as did the cars, the street, I had it in my mouth, then the electrical storms, sailing with a chain from the mast in the water, weird no thunder, just loads of lightening.

@@Colonia.4711 they were decent until we got past Gibraltar, the ones on Atlantic coast Spain and Portugal, were quite decent, and a lot cheaper than me, we got one for 12 euros a night, up the river from sancti petri no showers, no toilets, but free water.

@@Colonia.4711 Spanish coast line marinas are the worst of ANY other EU county period. el hecho es que todos quereis venir aquí, a ver si los que piensan como tú no venis y los españoles disfrutamos más de nuestras marinas. Ahora te lo pongo en tu idioma por si no lo entiendes: The fact is that you all want to come here, let's see if those who think like you don't come and we Spaniards enjoy our marinas more. Marineros oceánicos que desconocéis completamente el mediterraneo qué es dónde por primera vez en la historia del mundo se empezó a navegar con barcos de vela, primer resto encontrado de navegación año 3000 -A.C. Ur.

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Leena has the idea of dumping a bottle of bleach on their heads, but I don’t really go with that, although, I understand whales and dolphins don’t drink water, but it could have bad effect on them, so probably not good idea.

@@atlantical1 ya I don’t think bleach is a good idea. I don’t want to hurt them. That’s why floating beach toys or big inflatable beach balls might distract them from the sailboats. Just a thought. Not sure if it would even work but if I can help I would love to.

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That’s too much . We’re in the peak of inflation. In 2026 that same boat will be 9k.

That’s expensive, mine was surveyed at 18k I paid 9 during Covid when no one was buying. I don’t believe it’s worth more than 18k.

To me it’s worth a million

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Can’t understand what you mean?

I used 316L-17 2.5 by 350. I keep them on the boat in a waterproof tube. Excellent rods, easy to use, slag comes off easy, they burn at very low amps, but expensive but excellent

@@atlantical1 thanks

Yea, it’s really nice small light investor welder, but the cables are shit, made from really thin strands of copper, but, it was cheap, 65 pounds and so light compared to traditional welders.

No it can easily be stick welded, with a 316 rod, that steel was supposed to be 2mm wall thickness, but we ended up with two short pieces 2mm wall thickness, and on long piece 1.5 which made things difficult.

Tig welding on that thickness, would have done a far superior job.

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Yes, it’s no where near ideal, but couldn’t find anywhere else to work,

Yeah 🙌⛵️

Very difficult to find places for food on the boat. That locker is perfectly dry. That’s why we chose it. And they still bred there…

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How about the black one with the white legs?

😂😂😂 That’s me 😀😀😀 I’m alive and well 😀😀😀

Yeah a real nuisance. Takes an hour to wash down the boat after that and when you are tired after a day’s sailing ⛵️ it ruins the evening… I hate it…

Very useful to share the name thank you 🙌

Lol 😂 I’m not offended at all. I have been neglecting myself as I’m currently working 20 hours a day and sleeping bad because we are having very strong winds here in Spain and during the night it gets very dramatic 😔. Eating corn beef from England which is boat reserve for sailing but I don’t have time to do shopping 🙌. Hope you are having a nicer weather where you are? I don’t want to spend another winter here. As bad as British weather…

They needed oars to get to the anchorage to ask the boats there for a lift to the Canaries. I gave them our oars. Couldn’t believe the amount of boats at anchor in that bad weather 😂😂😂

Thank you for your support David, much appreciated 🙌⛵️👍

@@atlantical1 thanks for giving me a call sore side laughing, mate , I hope to be out there sailing next summer 👍

@@davdonoghue come along the Spanish coast David, good booze and cheap 😄