Storm Gloria brought us a 7 metre storm surge and winds up to 135 kph! Lots of damage to property and facilities on the Costa Blanca, particularly in Jávea. The CBYA Dinghies stored on the beach at El Portet, Moraira, were also damaged. The huge seas piled dinghies on top of each other, and washed some of them down the beach.

Luckily the CBYA dinghies were relatively undamaged. Our 420 (Wally) and the two Lasers hulls were OK, but our very heavy Flying Fish, Yelly, was washed down the beach and demasted! The Laser masts and booms have also dissappeared!

A CBYA dinghy rescue team was mobilised on Tues 21 Jan to recover our dinghies and evaluate the damage. A further visit took place on Friday 24 Jan to get Yelly and her trailer back to her normal parking spot, and fully assess the damage to all of our boats.

Hopefully we will have some of the CBYA dinghies out sailing again in time for the next CBYA Dinghy Day on Tuesday 4th February!

Well done, and many thanks, to all of those that helped!

Bob Gordon

Dinghy Co-ordinator