November 14, 2007 1200 UTC.
POSITION: Queensway Quay Marina
DISTANCE TRAVELLED: 222 (21.5 Hours)
WIND: 10kt 280T
WEATHER: Clear cool, sea calm
NEWS:
Timoneer arrived in Gibraltar harbour at 0930 this morning. The second part or the trip from Palma to Gibraltar was very uneventful with very little breeze or sea. The moist interesting part of the night was the increased merchant traffic from the Cabo de Gata traffic separation scheme to Gibraltar. The traffic patterns between those points is very well organized. While there are no official traffic lanes the east going vessels tend to stay south and the west going north along a band not more then 5 miles wide.
Upon arriving in Gibraltar we began bunkering and washing down at the fuel depot located inside the main harbour of Gibraltar. After finishing the bunkering and wash down we proceeded to the berth in the Queensway Quay Marina where we will spend the night before departing for Antigua around 0900 tomorrow morning.
Jim Duhamel