Back to Cadiz for more Canaval

Left Puerto Sherry in a big wind, the office staff there couldn’t understand why we would go in this weather.

Our friends, Neil and Yvonne, came out on a mercy mission with tea bags and stopped for the weekend. Carole had wanted to stop in a place called Rota, meet them there, and then sail to Cadiz, stop for a couple of nights and then sail back – I’d checked the official weather forecast and came to the conclusion that we’d just have two very wet days on the boat. I should have listened to Carole, as Yvonne had had a word with someone and ordered good weather and apart from a few showers we had a great weekend. Yvonne said she’d booked the weather until 4pm on the Sunday. Picked the life raft up with the help of Neil’s hire car – nearly got there without getting lost; big bill but worth it if you need it.
Not sure if our friends were prepared for Cadiz at Carnaval time! – this was the last weekend of it. Good food, good nights out and good company made for a great weekend. The costumes weren’t as extreme as last weekend but still pretty good.

Neil and Yvonne left about midday on the Sunday to have a quick look around Seville before flying back.

We set off for Rota once they’d left in dry, bright weather, with a decent breeze sending us along at about 5 knots, arriving about 3pm. We sorted out a berth and were just putting up a big boom tent to protect the cockpit when the heavens opened at 3.45, had to complain to Yvonne about short changing us with the weather by 15 minutes. Comedy rain again with howling gusts of wind. The forecast is for more of the same tomorrow, so have decided to stop for two nights!