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Fiesta time in Moraira

We anchored in Moraira Bay at 15.00hrs, in a small space amongst the many small local boats their family crews enjoying the sunshine and swimming. We'd had a cracking sail and spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing. Early evening many small boats had gone back to their nearby berths and by nightfall there were perhaps a dozen yachts left at anchor. The weather forecast for the following day was bad and we expected the anchorage to be busy as boats assembled before the sail to Ibiza, Moraira being the nearest port to the island.

We enjoyed a settled night although the noise from discos in the town and lots of fireworks were intrusive.

The following day proved the forecast to be accurate and there were gales all around and several boats arived in the very sheltered bay - altho' an unpleasant swell built up as the day wore on. We rejected the idea of going in the marina as we remembered rafting out 6 or 7 deep on our previous visit.

We stayed at Moraira for 6 days, enjoyed mooching ashore and watching a fiesta and procession, but keeping a watchful eye on the weather. We had suffered a lot of heavy rain and thunder and lightning and even the little local boats had avoided the bay although we weren't too unhappy at the absence of ski boats and pwc.

18th July, the forecast was OK, the sun was shining, the winds were fair and we were away by 09.30, Allicante or thereabouts our destination.