Gibraltar-when we got into Gibraltar John off ocean raptor called us on the radio. Once I had finished talking to him Geoff off Magallen called on the phone. Daddy cooked a ten minute curry and it was very spicy and yummy. On Father’s Day we cooked daddy a very yummy breakfast that he hadn’t had in ages. We went to the beach on Father’s Day and we bought our paddle board. We met this little girl called Ella on the beach and she played with us. We met Theo, John and Rachel on the beach too.

When Ella, Livvy and I were on the paddle board attached to the dinghy, Theo pulled us in and then pushed us out. Ella was a bit unlucky because she kept falling off the paddle board backwards. On the way back Daddy tied the paddle board side ways onto the dinghy so Livvy and I sat on it on the way back to the boat. It was fun.

The next we saw an umbrella floating passed us and we went to catch it but two people had already got it. They came over and asked if it was ours. We said no,but we invited them on for a cup of tea. We became friends and their names were Becky and Adam.

We then had a family talk about whether to cross the Atlantic Ocean or to go back into the Mediterranean Sea. The decision was to stay in the Mediterranean Sea. On Father’s Day we were meant to have a BBQ for dinner but it didn’t work instead we had one for today’s dinner. After dinner we watched a cowboy film and then one episode of Ballykissangel.

Today we did school which was English taught by mummy. Just before we went to bed we watched a film called the invisible and it was a really good film. After that we watched another Ballykissangel. We met some friends called Katie and Phoebe. We played with them in a lovely huge park. Phoebe and Olivia made lots of little hollows in trees for the ants whilst Katie and I were making a little house for some animals. We met these other friends called Caroline and Richard and they had a dog called Lyra. They had invited us around for Spaghetti Bolognese. We stayed a long time with them. Whilst Mummy and Daddy were talking, Livvy and I were stroking Lyra and were also playing dobble at the same time.

Livvy and I went swimming in the sea and as we were at Gibraltar we had to wear our wetsuits it was soooo cold. Daddy also got into the water and he was cleaning the bottom of the boat and we helped. We watched the last Ballykissangel of the series that we had.

Sometimes after English mummy does fun stuff and she did it this lesson and the fun stuff was doing riddles. Rachel, John and Theo came over and Livvy and I played in our swings. Theo tried to play in our swings but he didn’t quite manage it. Theo also played a game with us.

We went into a Gibraltar Marina and played with Katie and Phoebe. Katie and Phoebe are two lovely children to play with and so is Theo. Daddy said he was taking us to a swimming pool and we invited Katie and Phoebe round to come with us. The pools are full of salty sea water. We bought our sinking sticks and played with them. We had to dive down right to the bottom of the pool to get the sinking sticks and it seemed to me a little bit deep because none of us could touch the bottom so we had to tread water all the time. At the swimming pools there was a little park with a place that we could go under and it was like a little tent. We met three other friends called Adam, Isabelle and Emelia.

Katie is ten years old, Phoebe is eight, Adam is twelve, Isabelle is twelve and Emelia is ten. We played with Katie and Phoebe and we invited them round to our boat to play and as they stayed a bit late and our dinner was ready, we invited them round to have dinner with us and their mum said yes. Whilst we were having dinner we were watching the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

Mummy borrowed Caroline and Richard’s sewing machine to make chaps for the dinghy and she has finally finished them. John and Theo invited us to come and watch football with them. We went with them to watch it but we missed the bus to their Marina. In the end we watched in a pub with them. This was our last day in the Marina. We went round to Katie and Phoebe’s boat and played the cherry blossom restaurant. We then went back out on anchor. Before bed time we watched Hunt for Red October and it was a very good film.

For most of July we were on anchor waiting for our new life raft. We played with Katie and Phoebe a lot and we kept going in and out of the Marina. We had lots of our old friends come in and out of the anchorage. We met some new friends called Peter and Francis. We also met two people off a najad 441 just like ours but red instead. We also met two other people called John and Nancy. When we went round to their boat we found out it was Nancy’s birthday so we made her a hand made birthday card. We stayed one month in Gibraltar.

The last day was a sad day for Theo, Katie, Phoebe, Livvy and I.

We had to do a night sail. We went straight from Gibraltar to Melilla which was 130 miles. We went to a fort in Melilla and we walked around it. That same night we went and walked around the caves. We have been to the beach a lot and have also walked to Morocco. Morocco is a beautiful place and everybody would like it. We walked around the market and I saw a humungous tuna head and tail that was separated. We also saw chickens, bunnies and pigeons. There were also alive baby tortoises that were climbing on top of each other to try and get out of the box. I had a lady come up to me and do my sarong which Moroccan lady’s wear on their heads and also to cover their shoulders. They had huge pieces of corn on the cob.

We tried to cross to Cartagena but we turned around because Livvy, mummy and me didn’t like it.  We had about 30 knots of wind at one point.

The next day Marhia and Theo Skyped us and we talked to them. For the next day we went to the beach for a whole day. In the morning we left and we were going to do a night sail to Cabo de gata. On mummy’s night watch she saw a red moon she was going to take a foto of it but by the time she had got it working it had turned orange. We arrived at 2:00 in the morning into Cabo de gata. When we woke up we walked around the boat as it was so calm and saw an octopus lying on top of our chain. Then the octopus moved and swam along on top of our anchor. The same day we moved to Garrucha and on the way I saw a flying fish and then daddy spotted an ocean sunfish. When we got in the marinero called coco helped us to get in because he was our old marinero friend.

We stayed in Garrucha for one day and then the next we moved to and anchorage near a place called mazarron. The day after we stayed in that anchorage until the afternoon and then moved onto a different anchorage. In the anchorage near mazarron Daddy, Livvy and I went swimming. When we got to the other anchorage I jumped of the front of the boat and into the sea. As soon as we were all awake we moved to Cartagena. Mummy went shopping and she met up with our old friends called Niel and Gail. After we had a little talk with them we then went to the swimming pool that was a free entry because we were in the Marina. In the pool daddy started to talk to these people who had a child. I became friends with the child and her name was Chloe. There was also another little girl who was French and her name was Rose. When we had finally went back to the boat we had to get ready to go out for dinner with Niel and Gail. The dinner wasn’t that nice.

As soon as I woke up we had to leave because we were going to Ibiza. We had to do a night sail. When we were sailing we had lots of memories come back to us for example Tim (which is one of daddy’s friends) crossed with us across to Ibiza the first time we did it. The next day we arrived in Ibiza and me and Livvy went swimming and we kept jumping in of the side and the front together. After that day we then moved to Santa Ponsa on Mallorca. We stayed there for two days. When we arrived we had a nightmare setting the anchor. At 2:00 in the morning the anchor started to drag. Livvy and I got up to help and we did. I started to panic a little and then I calmed my self down. The same day but in the afternoon daddy, Livvy and I all went snorkelling near some rocks and we swam all the way to a beach and met some people who were on holiday.

In the morning we went to Soller and anchored. Once we knew we weren’t going anywhere Livvy and I went swimming. The next morning mummy phoned the Marina to ask if they had any space they said yes so we went in. When we had settled in Livvy and I asked if we could go to the beach and mummy and daddy said we could. Daddy came in swimming with us and we saw these two English girls with a blow up unicorn and we became friends with them and their names were Phoebe and Poppy. We played on the blow up unicorn and played in the water with them as well. This morning I was really excited because it was my birthday and I was turning ten. I got lots of presents for my birthday and they were: a pair of slippers, a new iPad cover, two new books, a word search book, bubbles, a camera and its case, a DVD called sing, a birthday badge, a fountain pen, a calligraphy pen and a lovely bracelet from these lovely people who had two dogs. We went to the beach and met this other girl called Aria.

The very next morning we asked if we could go to the beach and we could. We were going to the beach to meet Phoebe and Poppy to play with them. We were about to get out when we saw them standing by the water shouting our names. They didn’t bring their unicorn but we still had fun. The next day we did the exact same thing apart from Phoebe and Poppy weren’t with us. In the morning we moved to a place called Pollenca. This is the place when I steered out and lots of water aeroplanes kept flying over our mast. When we had anchored Livvy, daddy and I all jumped into the sea. The next morning we set set off to go to Menorca. As soon as we were comfortable Livvy, daddy and I all went ashore and did a surprise to Grace and Sarah. They came aboard and had some drinks and then before it got to windy mummy took them back to shore and when she was still there we hooked out a inflatable donut.

This morning we had moved to Mahon and sailed most of the way. The next day daddy taught us how to use a magnifying glass to burn wood. He also started chatting to some people and one group asked us to come on board his boat that is like a pirate ship. We went and had a look around and then at 9:00 at night we went on board again but this time with his crew and we made a new friend and his name is Badger and he is fourteen. There was a knot competition and it was split in two parts one was the bowline and the other was a figure of eight. I did the bowline from my boat and a 19 year old girl was for the boat we were on. Olivia did the figure of eight and taught Badger how to do it and then he was the competitor for the boat we were on and Olivia was for our boat. I won the bowline and  Olivia and Badger had a tie. The winners got a bit of chocolate and so did the rest of the crew.

Mahon- We went out to anchor and we went swimming. There was a little boat with some children on and we swam over to them with the doughnut and said hello. We became very good friends. The next afternoon we went doughnut ting with them and their names are Fred, George and Indy and we also went at 47 knots. The same night we met these other people with twins on board and they invited us over for some drinks. Their names were Essen, Malcolm, Dylan and Melody. A couple of days after we caught up with Grace Clifton, Sarah and Tony. Before we had dinner with them we walked along the marina edge and looked at all the big boats and Sarah kept saying that she preferred to be on big motor boats instead of on sailing because a sailing boat gets rocked easily and big motor boats don’t. We went to this lovely place for dinner and the waiter kept calling me a Princess and I ordered all the meals, drinks and desserts as well.

Sardinia- A couple of days later we left Mahon and went to Sardinia. We arrived late next morning in Cala Seta which is a place we stayed in for a bit last year. The next morning Ian and Lorraine came over in Cuffysark and we took loads of pictures as they were coming in to the bay. Daddy, Livvy and I went in swimming to have a look at their anchor to see if it was dragging. Us three swam over and we all had hugs because we hadn’t seen them in a long time. Mummy came over in the dinghy and we stayed for lunch and also dinner because we had a lot of things to catch up on. A couple of days after there was another English boat that came in and it was a catamaran from Suffolk like us. They were part of the cruising association so we found out their names and they were Alistair and Sue. Their boat was called Yoyo. That night we were having a BBQ and Ian and Lorraine were coming so we invited them to the BBQ with us. As we were finding a spot Livvy and I were thinking of things to do. When Daddy had set up the BBQ Ian and Lorraine arrived and straight after it was Alistair and Sue. Meanwhile I was looking for some sticks to make a stick house. There was a naughty dog who kept coming to us. As we were eating a horse rider came along the beach on his horse and he let us stroke him.

Malfitano- In the morning I steered the boat out of the anchorage whilst Mummy, Daddy and Livvy were pulling up the anchor. At one point I had steered us into a shallow patch and I didn’t even know! Ian went fishing and so did Daddy and Livvy. I would have gone fishing as well but I didn’t have a rod. It was a bit of a long sail to Malfitano. When Cuffysark and Arctic had got in Ian, Daddy, Livvy and I all went swimming. Daddy and I went snorkelling and I saw a fried egg JELLYFISH.

Pula- After we had breakfast we set of to go to Pula. As soon as the engine went off Daddy, Livvy and I all jumped in to the sea and went swimming. Daddy got out very quickly but Livvy and I swam over to check Ian and Lorraine’s anchor for them. When we had got back to the boat we played with the doughnut.

Cagliari- We couldn’t keep up with Cuffysark as he was using both of his engines and we were only using our one. That day we walked up and into a bit of the old town. We didn’t bring any water so we were really thirsty. We went into a big church and we went down and into a place with quarts coffins of kings a people that were important. We went into a little restaurant and got drinks. When we had finished we got ice-cream and started to walk back to the boat. That night a big 70 foot boat came in next to us and we helped him in.

Vilasimius- We saw the Americas cup racing boats and we saw team UK. Daddy looked up who was on the team UK boat and he told us that it was Sir Ben Ainsley so we got in the dinghy and went and got his autograph. Here is a photograph of his autograph. Every time he came out to practice racing we waved to him and he always waved back. We also went on his boat and had our photo taken with him and his team. When the proper racing happened Ian and Lorraine took us out on Cuffysark to watch the racing and we took videos and photos. We had made some flags into the English flag to wave for them.