After an overnight sail from Cartagena along the busy southern Spanish coast, JT is now at Almerimar. This is a rather strange marina, being what seems like a developer`s dream built in the middle of nowhere amongst coastal marshes backed by the Sierra Nevada mountains. Golf courses and blocks of apartments surround the marina basins. The coastal plain is almost totally covered by hothouses where much of Europe`s winter crops are grown. Most of the apartments and associated retail premises are vacant and about thirty percent of the vessels here are abandoned. Nevertheless, it is not a bad place to leave the boat for the winter. All the technical services you could hope for are available in the boatyard and there are about fifty bars and restaurants in the immediate surrounds. With JT out of the water, we are about to hit the road to Valencia and the flight back home. If all goes well we will return in May to gear up for a crossing to the Caribbean later next year.
View from the masthead, Almerimar
Once again on dry land
No comments:
Post a Comment