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 5/23/23 Valencia, Spain Woke up at about 0500 to howling wind and bumpy sea in spite of being tied to the dock in a marina. This has not been the quietest marina, then add 20 to 30 knots of wind it was a very rolling ride. I got up at daybreak and brought in the flags, doubled up the lines and rearranged some bumpers. Satisfied I went back to bed! When we put the boat up for the season everything gets washed so we did 3 more loads of laundry as the boat pitched and surged. I made all of the temporary hatch covers and did some more cleaning. The forecast was for an inch of rain, but it went south of us for the most part, we had high wind all day. The rain finally came in late afternoon and the wind flipped 180 degrees. The boat got a good washing as we closed up the boat for the night. 5/24/23 Valencia, Spain We woke to gray skies, but calm like nothing ever happened. I rearranged some lines and bumpers. We did a bit of wiping down using the rain water and got ready for wha...