Sailing with Balvenie: Departing from Cartagena in Spain

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6:50 AM Mon 4 Jul 2011 GMT

'Mark in Cartagena' Yacht Balvenie

New Zealander cruising couple Amanda Church and Mark Farrell continue to cruise in their yacht Balvenie, a 47foot fractional rigged, centre cockpit, sailing sloop built in 1991. After making a winter home for Balvenie in Cartagena in Southern Spain, they are back for the sailing season, and it's time to leave: All the jobs on the 'to do' list had actually been completed, there were really no more excuses to stay. We had a weather forecast of 10 knots from the east for our first day, and then 15-20 knots from the east to get us on past Cabo de ...

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