and it's time to leave gibraltar, we had a great time here we spent four days we just paid the
marina and we're gonna go just across the bay here into spain because we're gonna be cruising spain
for the next few months so we want to enter the european community once more they have a customs
office over there so we will stop by and check in JOY so we can legally be cruising in europe
good morning and we are now in gibraltar uh we arrived here yesterday washed the boat
uh went for the city walk a little bit beautiful city really nice and uh today we're gonna go up
to the rock visit town a little bit and and then relax uh here in gibraltar we plan to stay here in
gibraltar maybe two or three days the idea is to um to spend some time get to know the city uh walk
around get lost in the city before we get into the met so exciting that we are here we're like so
happy that we didn't have any uh whale encounters or anything like that it was a very very good
and safe journey so all together now we're getting to 1100 nautical miles since we left los
ables in france so let's quickly recap early june we took delivery of our lagoon 46 and
crossed the bay biscay towards la coruna taking us about three days to arrive from there we
went to vigo with quick stops in bayona before getting to porto and from porto on we had three
stopovers before arriving in kazkais in a veto where we ran aground fosdaffigata and venetian
from kaskai's to gibraltar we took our time and had several stops including lagos portimon
faro olion guadiana and cadiz i think we got it right to take our time during this crossings as we
got to see and explore awesome places along the way so it has been a while it gave us the
opportunity to uh to feel joy a little bit better uh we're getting much uh much more used to uh
the boat and what we need to do to make sure that everything runs smoothly here and one of the great
things about this channel is the opportunity that it gives us to meet a new cool people yesterday
was just like that we met steve from going deep he was uh he was just great he was so hospitable
received us over there and uh going deep which is a lagoon 46 just like joy he just got it
like in los ables and sailed uh here to uh to gibraltar we're being touched on on instagram
exchanging ideas and issues and solutions for the boats but it's just great to meet people and
this is like one of the good things about this trip it's not only about sailing get to see the
uh the places that we stop but the you know the people that we meet along the way it's just like
unbelievable uh how nice they are and uh they are probably gonna be very good friends for uh for a
long time so we're excited about this as well uh on our trip and we're gonna go over there to say
goodbye to uh going deep he's going to puerto banus uh just a little bit ahead of us it's
probably our next board after we leave gibraltar we uh we're as i said we're probably going to stay
here two three days but uh after that we're gonna slowly stop in uh the ports that we like the most
in spain before we get to the balearic islands uh it's gonna take us probably a month to get to
ibiza which is the destination that we feel like is the one that we're shooting for since we left
los apples so uh steve's gonna be leaving in just a little bit and we came here just to say goodbye
so are you leaving now yeah hey tio this is captain ceo hey matt steve steve is our friend
the best lagoon 46. you liked it huh the best good deal and this is a guy that
had like several other boats before so he he really can uh tell the difference between the
lagoon and the other manufacturers they're not bad we're not going to say the names
correct they're not bad but uh i'm not going to say they start with an f or end with a p
so how long do you think you're going to take to get to puerto bonus oh it's four hours
engines today engines no wind it's a beautiful day huh beautiful day and we hope to see you in the in
that's right it was great to meet you i've been following ed for a year a lot of good tips on
my boat a lot of the specification is down to him a lot of the tips a lot of the problems we avoided
because of his advice so we appreciate it oh thank you and we've been following him for a month since
we left the factory and we finally caught up it's been great meeting you have something and
you're lovely guys you'll be safe okay all right thank you see you news all right ciao
we stayed at queen's quail marina in gibraltar and really enjoyed it this marina was very clean
well ran with excellent pricing we paid about 40 pounds a day the only drawback is that you
really have to pay attention and make plans in advance since it's pretty much always full
all right guys all right thanks
and it's time to leave gibraltar uh we had a great time here we spent four days uh
we just paid the marina and we're gonna go just across the bay here in uh spain
uh because we're gonna be cruising spain uh for the next few months so we want to enter
the european community once more so they have like a customs uh office over there
so it's gonna stop by and check enjoy so we can legally be cruising in europe
close your eyes hear the voice within
keeping your feelings
look at the cars
it was pretty easy to get out of that marina there was no wind whatsoever so it was me and
patricia we lose the cables turn joy around and we got out pretty easy so as we got to
the channel here in gibraltar there's always wind here in the channel so we have about 20 knots now
but we entered the the mad and in the mat there's not a lot of waves so even though we have like 20
to 25 knots uh gusts it's totally fine because you know joy doesn't even move and we can
move on to our next destination today we're going to marbell marbelli marbell
marbella marbelle which is uh in the coast of spain it's going to be about a six hour
sale yes we're not going to be motoring today which is terrific so we're gonna enjoy our
time uh with a lot of weight 22 25 knots and not a whole lot of waves see you guys there
learn
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cars
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thank you
and this is how it is to say with 30 knots of wind
true wind uh the waves are not very large or anything like that not very high so
it's pretty comfortable the wind angle is almost here to the back of the boat uh and uh
but it's it's been pretty pretty comfortable have a look how it is inside of joy
so how does he feel to be salient 30 knots of wind
and over there right in front of us is marbella and uh we're we have like an hour to go
but uh today was pretty good because we sailed almost 100 of the time we just motored a little
bit uh whenever we left gibraltar but uh after that it was uh sale 100 of the time was pretty
good and uh we got top speeds of 11 knots today on uh on sale so we got uh winds up to
30 knots as uh we showed you guys it was kind of intense at times but not a lot of waves so
it worked out very well so we're gonna get to see marbel marbella a little bit and uh we're
gonna do our entrance back into europe and then um off we are again uh to the sea to the next
destination we are in marbella here in spain and uh even put my special shirt here because
today we're gonna have to go to the police because every time that you leave uh the european
community you go to gibraltar and then you get back you have to report uh back to uh to europe
in the case of patricia that she does have a passport that is not from europe and uh myself
we have to uh go to the police so they stamp your passports and you're legal again uh here in europe
so that's what we're gonna be doing today uh we're here at the marina marbella and uh we had
a very good night we were impressed with the city beautiful city lots of nice restaurants uh lots of
things to do so we're gonna explore a little bit farther here but after we go to the police station