Gibraltar Monday Nov 24
Went ashore on the first skiff run this morning and headed out to the Southern end of Gibraltar to Europa point. Along the way I stopped to look at the Victorian 100 ton gun and Rosia Bay where the Victory was docked after Trafalgar.
John and I walked along the shore road to Europa Point and nearly got blown off the rock by the very strong West wind that has been blowing force 5 all morning.
There is a wrecked ship right below the lighthouse that doesn’t look very old. The power of the sea is evident in te ripped plating and smashed hull. The ship split in half!
The weather has changed, it’s now cloudy and the wind has apparently dropped a bit. Have to go buy a belt and some other miscellaneous stuff and then have a bite of supper before heading back to the ship.
Tomorrow, Tuesday, will be moving the ship to a fuel dock to get our tanks topped up and then we are supposed to sail for Morocco.
Maybe more and some pictures later.
Thanks for reading.
KJ
P.S. Pictures are Here!
November 24th, 2008 at 11:06 am
Hi
I came across your post on a google alert.
Thought you might like to know the wrecked ship is quite recent. It is/ was the M/V Fedra, a Liberian-registered bulk-carrier cargo ship. It ran aground and smashed against Europa Point, the southernmost tip of Gibraltar on 10 October 2008 following severe gale force winds measuring 12 on the Beaufort scale… a touch more than the force 5 you experienced!
You can read all about it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Fedra
Oh… and the bay where HMS Victory was docked (and Nelson’s pickled body landed) after Trafalgar, is called Rosia Bay!
Hope you enjoyed your visit to Gibraltar, despite the wig threatening winds… come again soon!
Saludos!
December 7th, 2008 at 4:49 am
Thanks for the info Cybernest.
I fixed the typo.
I’ll definitely try to get back to Gibraltar sometime it’s a fascinating place with very friendly people.
Ciao
KJ