Journal of Fuga: Sailing Season 2005
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| 24th April | Left Lagos for Albufeira, to meet Nita and Steve from Dorton |
| 27th April | Albufeira to Olhao, after 2 days with Nita and Steve |
| 28th April | Peter and Sue arrive Olhao, and we motor out to anchorage inside Culatra Island. Swam |
| 29th April | Up anchor at 1900 for an overnight sail towards Cadiz |
| 30th April | Arrived Cadiz, after unpleasant sail into easterly headwind, with short chop that disagreed with our novice stomachs |
| 1st May | A short sail from Cadiz to anchorage at Sancti Petri, swam again |
| 2ndMay | Up at first light to leave estuary for Gibralter, arriving 1740, went out on town |
| 3rd May | Back in Gib for a taxi tour of the sights, before leaving for P. Duquesa |
| 4th May | Duquesa to Fuengirola, motoring most of the way. |
| 6th May | Left Fuengirola, towards the east, settled for Puerto Caleta de Velez. Not a brilliant billet. |
| 7th May | Caleta to Motril, disappointing and expensive! |
| 8th May | Motril to Almerimar. John gets hospitalised. Damn! |
| 14th June | Returned to UK with Jacqui and Rowan, Oscar who with Steve had helped pack Fuga up |
| 27th June | John gets quadruple bypass operation at St. Mary's Paddington |
| July to October | Keeping busy during recovery |
| 9th November | Arrive back on Fuga in Almerimar |
| 16th - 20th November | Drive north to Altea, near Benidorm, to visit friends Carol and Roy, taking in Guadalest, Mar Menor and Cartagena on the way back |
| 26th November | Getting stuck in to life in Almerimar, and the Cruisers' Net |
| 17th December | Returned to the UK to spend Christmas and New Year with friends and family |
| 14th January | Back to Fuga |
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Future Plans
| April 2006 | Start 2006 cruise, Catagena and Mar Menor to Torejvecca |
| May/June 2006 | The Balearics, Formentara, Esplamador, Ibiza, Majorca, Minorca |
| Sardinia and Corsica: hope to meet Kealoha VIII | |
| Winter 2006 | Who knows? Back at Almerimar? Cagliari? Tunisia? |