Logbook

• Departure: Santa Pola (38.1856, -0.5631), Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 08:53 UTC
• Arrival: La Vila Joiosa (38.5064, -0.2199), Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 15:47 UTC
• Duration: 6.9 h
• Distance: 26.8 nm
• Average speed: 3.9 kn
• Crew: Tobi, Anna, Jo, Eli

Cast off from Santa Pola bound for La Vila Joiosa: a modest half-day’s sail, 27 nautical miles at an average of 3.9 knots. Wind 3–9 kn from the SE, gusting to 22 kn. Check-in at Club Nàutic La Vila Joiosa was a bizarrely bureaucratic affair, with the staff insisting on a bank statement proving insurance premiums had actually been paid. Met up with Stephan, a fellow member of the SC Gothia sailing club back in Berlin, who has a vacation home in the mountains nearby and drove down to see us, arranged in advance.