After our great stay in Alicante, we finally cast off on September 25th on a route due west to Gibraltar. It was a nice fair-weather sail with no major events or breakdowns.
After a day of sailing, we reached our first planned anchorage, a nice cove with a sandy bottom just south of San Jose.
Enjoying our stay at San Jose anchorage
We anchored at San Jose for two nights with great weather. However, we had to continue on to Gibraltar so on September 27th, we raised our anchor and sailed west. We were making short daily sails so our next anchorage was just 65NM away at Calahonda.
On our way to Calahonda, we got a surprising visit!
View of Calahonda cliff
The next day, we had another short leg to our next anchorage at Benalmadena. We spent the whole way motoring to a windless and flat day at sea.
No wind, flat sea!
September 29th – The Rock of Gibraltar in our view