Yesterday our neighbours in Spain, Jane and Mark, came to visit us on the boat. Despite the sailmaker not having our mainsail ready until 12 (we had the holes for a third reef put in - something we've been meaning to have done since Plymouth) we caught some wind and had a good sail for a few hours.

Lunch was spent hove to, and was a fantastic Spanish omelette accompanied by olive and herb bread, cold meats and cheese prepared by Jax.

In the afternoon we did a few man overboard drills for practice and a few tacking drills to get everyone involved. At around 6 we anchored up for an hour off a small beach and went for a refreshing swim around the boat. Our peaceful position was only disrupted by a dredger a few hundred meters away and an annoying Spanish stink ship (motor cruiser) that came and anchored too close to us before proceeding to bomb around with their small and noisy inflatable speedboat!

To conclude a warm and tiring day we went to a marina restaurant in Estepona and had an exceedingly large and quite nice thai meal before collapsing into bed.