 Gibraltar
Sorry Graham, I cannot be very helpfull.
Our program was to take the boat to Barcelonna as quick as possible.
So no stops in nice anchorages.
We only had quick stops in Alicante and Ibiza were rates were above 40 Euro.
In comparison, rates in West Spain/Portugal (La Coruna and Cascais), were
under 20 Euro.
I recommend Cascais.
Coming into the Marina at 2 am, the night watchman dealt with the
formalities in 3 mn, in good english, and immediatly showed us were the
showers were (in the same building) very modern and neat. No stress to leave
the visitors catway for the allocated berth, take shower first!
Plus Cascais is a pleasant city.
With frequent train connexions to Lisboa centre (a frequent regular bus
takes you from the Marina gate to the train station).
Alain
"Graham Frankland" <ganddfrankland@tiscali.co.uk> a écrit dans le message de
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> "Elisabeth LESCURAT" <elisabeth.lescurat@orange.fr> wrote in message
> news:472f9237$0$5079$ba4acef3@news.orange.fr...
>> Thanks Graham.
>>
>> This is exactly what we did the next day, coming into Marina Bay without
>> prior warning, telling the man there that we wanted to stay only for 2
>> hours for urgent shopping.
>> We were allowed to stay, but still not without paying 12 Euro for a half
>> day fee.
>> Finally, as the weather was deteriorating we decided to stay longer in
>> Gib and were allowed to keep our berth overnight, if not we would have
>> gone back to La Linea.
>>
>> La Linea is a safe anchorage, and very quiet.
>> The town is not without charm (and shops).
>>
>> In comparison Marina bay is noisy due to the closeby airstrip and
>> construction work all around the place.
>> Plus, swell is entering the port, even when from an Eastern gale.
>>
>> As soon as we dropped anchor in La Linea, a fellow yachtman came
>> alongside to tell us about how carefull we should be about tenders.
>> He also gave us a tip.
>> Go to the Club Nautico and ask to leave the tender there along a catway,
>> they will take care of it.
>> This is exactly what we did, cost us 5 Euro for a day membership, but the
>> tender was safe, while we were visiting Gib (very close in fact).
>> On top of it, we had acces to showers (ducha) in the facilities of the
>> close-by rowing club.
>> The club reception man was only happy to help.
>> In the end, a very pleasant stay, and the beer under the sun on the Club
>> terrasse was even better.
>>
>> Alain
>>
> Thanks for the info Alain, I guess we'll be visiting Club Nautico next
> spring. As a matter of interest, how did you find the price of marinas
> from Gib to Barcelona? Also, any good anchorages to visit?
>
> Graham.
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