01/08/09 - 07/09/09 Sardinia to Gibraltar, 921nm, 5,735nm Total

Finally we are on our way out of the Mediterranean Sea and about to start pointing the boat in the direction of New Zealand. This part of the trip was just Dawn and myself, taking it easy through Bonifacio in Corsica, Menorca, Mallorca, Ibiza and Formentera in the Balearic Islands then on to Moraira on mainland Spain before a long slow sail to Gibraltar. Memorable moments being our 9 ton yacht being towed backwards by a one metre Tuna before it finally got off the hook, clear blue anchorages, very noisy bouncy anchorages and a cardboard boat race in Gibraltar!
From here, once the weather settles down a bit we are headed for Madeira and the Canary Islands.


Changing the courtesy flag before Corsica - we need courtesy flags for each country we visit

Bonifacio town always looks like it's about to drop off the cliff into the sea

Trying to spot the entrance channel for Bonifacio

We know it's up there somewhere....

Ah there it is!

Now where did I put my glasses? The 10yr old flag has a bit more life left in it I think!

Reel it in quick or we'll be dragged back to Bonifacio!

Think this one was on steroids-dragged a 9 ton boat backwards at 0.5kts! It got away shortly after with a last flick of it's tail but at least we got the picture to prove it existed!!

Calm anchorage in Mallorca

Dawn on the lilo we picked up at sea - we would have had a couple of footballs as well but we couldn't figure how to get them on board! Just some of the rubbish we have seen in the sea over the last few weeks - most of it we wouldn't want to touch!

Oops we anchored in the middle of the race course - at least the kiddies on their Optimist dinghies were quieter than the jet skis.

Sundown in Formentera - there were probably 500 boats in the anchorage when we arrived!

Gibraltar with a frothy topping of cloud and a crowd of ships waiting to load/unload as usual

Cardboard boat racing in Gibraltar - the judgin in Casemates Square

While Dawn treated me to a birthday breakfast - what more could I want?

I even got a guard of honour!

Some of the kids boats were really good....

And some weren't so good!

Then the adults race-Loch Ness monster (in yellow) won.