We left Torrevieja around noon, as Alicante is only about 26 nautical miles away, where we intended to stay for a few days. However, as often happens in sailing, plans changed along the way. About 10 miles before Alicante, there
As soon as we left Cartagena, we hoisted the sails. This joy of sailing with the wind lasted for just over five nautical miles. Once again, the almost windless Mediterranean offered us an amazing day at sea powered by the
We untied the lines in Almerimar at eight in the morning and set off eastward, aiming to spend the night in Águilas and continue to Cartagena the next morning. The beginning of the journey went smoothly with the Perkins engine
After lounging for three days at anchor, our journey continued for 48 miles to Almerimar. Every blogger arriving at the Mediterranean or heading towards the Atlantic seems to stop in Almerimar. Since we had a work week ahead of us,
On Midsummer Saturday, our journey continued eastward from Fuengirola. It was clear that we had unmistakably arrived in the Mediterranean. As other sailors have told, in the summer the Mediterranean is either windless or wind is blowing more than you
After a relaxing night’s sleep, we lifted the anchor in Sotogrande and set sail towards Fuengirola, where our friends were waiting for us. We immediately hoisted the sails, both the main and the genoa. The wind was blowing from the
The summer sailing finally began as we cast off the lines at Alcaidesa Marina in La Línea de la Concepción. It was time to bid farewell to another winter berth of Suwena and turn the bow towards new adventures. The
Gibraltar is surely familiar to everyone, and its Spanish border town is La Línea de la Concepción. La Línea is a bustling, small industrial city with a population of about 63,000. The common border between Gibraltar and its northern neighbor
Suwena spent the winter season of 2023 at its berth in Alcaidesa Marina in La Línea de la Concepción, in Southern Spain. Gibraltar became familiar to us, as it was only a short 650-meter walk from the marina gate to
The Andalusian road trip reached its peak on the fourth day of our journey as we set out from Granada in the morning to drive up to the Sierra Nevada mountains. The winding roads raised steeply into the mountains and
