Marina prices

Running a sailing school means we get to visit numerous marinas, it always amazes me how much varience there can be in the pricing structures. Since leaving Cartagena on our adventure to the Spanish/Portuguese border town of Isla Canela, we have not paid more than 22€ for the night. Marinas on our usual sailing patch tend to charge far more than that with us rarely managing to pay less than 30€ per night in low season, I ask myself how can the pricing be so different, there is no drop in the level of service or quality of the infrastructure so why are we being forced to pay higher rates. Surely if the tariffs were lowered slightly it might encourage more cruising yachtspeople to visit the Costa Blanca and Calida areas. It makes sense to try and encourage growth and build a long term reputation rather than trying to make a quick buck now at the expense of the area becoming out of favour with cruisers.

Ibiza to Gibraltar

Our recent adventures have seen us sailing from Barcelona to Ibiza and then onto Gibraltar, some amazing sailing on the way and lots of interesting places were visited. Our mile building trips are an excellent way of gaining quality sea miles and qualifying passages that can be used towards the Yachtmaster qualifications.
Our next adventure is planned for the 25th March when we set sail from Cartagena towards the Straits of Gibraltar, we stil have a couple of spaces avalable so dont miss out and see Spain from a diferrent angle.

Audi Mecup in full swing

THe Cartagena leg of the Audi Medcup, sailings equivalent to Formula 1 gets in full swing as the winds are kind off Cartagena. Following a windless morning the afternoon breeze kicked in and some great racing was had. Congratulations to the British TeamOrigen who picked up podium finishes, skippered by Olympic Hero Ben Ainslie I had high expectation for this team and so far they are showing lots of promise although a podium finish on the overall event looks unlikely at this stage. Hopefully the Team will be fully bonded and perform well in next years Regatta.