Wednesday 26th of March 2025. The Costa Blanca.

Thank goodness. On the move again.
Going around the very distinctive Cabo de Gata from the Costa del Sol into the Costa Blanca.
The Cabo de Gata lighthouse.
First test of my wind vane self steering contraption.
Very happy with it but it needs some fine tuning. It doesn't make noise and flatten my batteries like the electric ones.

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  1. MaryMarch 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM

    Well done for rounding this cape successfully, Brendan! It has a lot of conflictive currents and in our day Pat was apprehensive about this part of our voyage. Fortunately, it also went smoothly.

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