Goodbye Gibraltar

After a number (4.5) of weeks in Gibraltar it is finally time to set sail. We have spent the past few days squaring the boat away and get everything ready for Mawali's maiden voyage toward the Canary Islands.

We expect calm seas and light winds toward the Canary's and believe the trip will take 5 to 6 days depending on wind. In the Canary's we have a few repairs being done that we couldnt get done in Gib and from there we will be heading straight across to the Carribean.

Gibraltar has been a fantastic place for port over the past months and has provided a number of interesting expieriences, some qoutes from our time in Gib:

"Cigarettes are so cheap here, you cant afford not to smoke",

"The flies here are slow",

"Iv'e never been to Galapogos! Really I havn't! Ever!",

"Why does everyone get up so late here............ Because they're all alcoholics......"

"Holy S#^T, It's George Clooney!"

To all our loved ones we will be out of interent connection range until the Carribean unless we get lucky in Canarys.

Good Travels,

Over and Out,
The Mawali Crew

Week 3

This week has been a week of wit testing. Alothough we had planned to be sailing away for Gib by the end of the week, due to a number of set backs (Boom End Fitting and Spinniker Repairs), it seems we are going to be here for another week.
We have experienced a number of large surges from weather out at sea but other than life in Gib remains relaxed and laid back.

Keep you up to date with our movements,


Over and Out,



The Mawali Crew

A Day Up the Mast

Today was an eventful day, Where Glenn was given the mission to climb the mast. Apparently being constantly scared 100ft above the ground is exhausting because there was not much else that was accomplished today. Below are some great pictures of the view from the top of Gib and from the safe and sound ground level.

 

 A View of Mawali from the top

of the mast (Left), Glenn in scale to the

   boat (Right - (he is the small dot on the   top of the mast))

Gibraltar by Day



                                            



 

 

 

Gibraltar by Night

Spain and Beach Gun Tower

 

   A Fantastic View From inside and ontop of the300 year old gun tower on the Spanish Coast

Week 2

As the hours in each day fly by we're now into week 3. Week 2 was a little more relaxed than week 1 as we get through all the repairs on Mawali.

Good progress with the repairs as we started up the engines for the first time, very exciting (mainly for Glenn), although it was nice to hear them run smoothly. The biggest problem that we have run into thus far is trying to figure out what the settings and cycles on the washing machine mean as they are all in spanish.

Other than that this week has been a little boring with trying to get enough done so that we can do some exploring over the next couple of weeks. We have plans to visit the kiteboarding town of Tarifa and do the cliff face walk of the famous Camino Del Rey. Also this week we have been informed of some fantastic dive sites around the Gib area, including a WWII bomber.

Good News, Following this post will be photos of Gib and Spain.

To all our loved ones, hello and happy days.


Over and Out,


The Mawali Crew