25th June

The storm I was expecting never came and we had a comfortable night at anchor. The starboard engine seems alright but I am concerned that there might be damage to the prop. We motored the mile back to the marina at Ratjada to fill up with diesel. Lucinda wants to hoover the boat and do some ironing so for the first time since Santa Pola when we started in early June we have booked in for the night. It means mains power and the chance to hose down the boat. The downside is it's expensive, dirty, smelly and noisy. There are also showers on shore. We will have to see if they are as good as the one on the boat. We have been to the supermarket to replenish stores and bought another gas canister. The water is too dirty to dive so I won't be inspecting the propellor here. Now we've been hit by another French boat. It was mooring next to us as we had lunch. Their bow swung round and crunched onto our starboard side. That will need another gelcoat repair job. Anyway we'll eat onshore as we can walk back to the boat. In the meantime chores to do.