We have spent a couple of nights in Valencia in the area created for the Americas cup. The buildings used for the teams are in the process of being rebuilt for other use, I can only imagine the huge costs involved and wonder who ended up footing the bill. On Monday we spotted the Americas cup museum which like most museums and attractions is closed on Mondays. We duly turned up today to find it has not opened yet and will open in June. The kind lady let us have a...

A completely calm morning as we set of for Valencia so we had to motor for the first 3 hours until the wind arrived. We saw more large fishes again today. Lunch time was spent figuring out if we were going to collide with a Spanish warship which was doing exercises with two ribs. Eventually we pulled in front, it is not often that you sail faster than a warships. We had a good down wind sail to Valencia having to gybe to avoid a large container vessel exiting the...