North to Sant Feliu de Gaixols

We´re up this morning the earliest we have been up since we arrived in Rota.  At least the earliest when we are relaxing.  Finally, after 9 days, we aren´t sleeping until 10am.  we were up at 0730.

I did wash for us yesterday and this morning.  I added a little soap to the ice chest yesterday, dropped our laundry into the chest, added water, then let it sit for a few hours while we sat and relaxed.  About 2030 (8:30pm), I rinsed out the water and put fresh water into the chest, rinsed the soap out, dumped the water again, then refilled the chest with fresh water and let the clothes soak until this morning. 

My project this morning was to wring out the clothes using an old-fashioned hand wringer Doug installed on the stern deck of Plankton.  Then hang the clothes on the line strung around the deck.  We figure if the local residents can hang laundry out of their windows, then we can hang ours around the deck!! 

It is a beautiful day out, the sun is shining, but there is no wind.  We are hoping to leave to cruise up the coast a ways to anchor out and enjoy some of the water on the Med.  We will see if the wind picks up this afternoon or later this morning.

As it turns out, we departed  El Masnou about noon today, and pulled into the marina at Sant Feliu de Gaixols, a lovely town on the Costa Brava, 39 miles north east of Masnou.  We actually were looking for an anchorage along the coast, but all of the anchorages have been turned into coastal beaches which restrict boats.  Also, we were concerned about winds out of the south, so unless there is a hook of land to protect the boat, all of the anchorages were too exposed to potential bad winds and weather.

The exciting visuals were the castles along the coast.  There were four castles, three of which are on the coast, and one up in the hills.  these are all Moorish and Spanish castles from probably the 10-1300´s.  The last castle, pictured here was the second largest and overall was huge.  This one is Torros de Mar.  compared to this, the one in the hiss was monsterous!!

We arrived here about 1900 (730pm) and ended up in a marina on floating docks.  What a relief.  We may be here tomorrow night, but it will depend on the storm we are expecting to hit tomorrow. 

 This is Plankton tied to the dock here in Sant Feliu.

You are late for sundowners tonite, the Tinto Verano´s are almost all gone and tonite is pork tenderloins, beans and salad for dinner.  Bon Appetit!

JonNe