Archives for August 2004
Mallorca to Toulon (South of France)
The wind around the west of Mallorca was good, but on rounding the western tip, we found we had a headwind. We nearly decided to pull into Soller port and wait for better wind, but finally decided to carry on. Eventually after dark the wind dropped to almost nothing, then about 11 p.m. a lightning […]
Mallorca : Ensenada de Ponsa
This time I made myself a mosquito-free zone in my current sleeping area in front of the galley (low and therefore relatively cool) by erecting the mosquito net and completely blocking the passageway to the front of the boat and the toilet. It definitely stopped the mosquitoes, but when Nigel wanted to switch cabins from […]
Mallorca : Puerto Portals
We went to the nearest anchorage, Puerto Portals, although we were very late and it was pretty much dark when we anchored - not the best way to do it. We got a half-reasonable hold on the second attempt, and as it didn’t look too windy we decided to leave it at that. The major […]
Mallorca : Palma (continued)
Back in Palma we decided to walk back to the boat, so we got a good look at the city. It is a good-looking place which despite all the tourism still has a good character. We ate some cheap snacks in town, then once at the boat invited our neighbours onto our boat for the […]
Mallorca : Palma
We arrived in Palma early evening on the 15th August and looked for one of the cheaper marinas. The harbour is enormous and packed with thousands of yachts of all sizes. However it was very difficult to tell which marina was which, so we settled on one and cooked the tuna for tea. At 8:30 […]
Mallorca : Soller
The train was old and noisy, perfect for Dan! The trip took an hour, and was indeed spectacular, going to and through the mountains. No health and safety regulations here, the lower parts of every window were wide open, and we passed many concrete posts and signs between 8 and 18 inches away, so you […]
Ibiza to Palma, Mallorca
Nigel woke up very early (5 am !!) Sunday 15th August to depart for Palma, Mallorca, some 60 nautical miles away. Needless to say I left him to it until a more sensible hour.
The crossing was fine but what wind there was was on the nose, so we motored the whole way. The weather and […]
Ibiza : Cala de Portinatx
This cala did not have cliffs, just low rolling hills, surrounding it. Again there were lots of trees and some interesting rock formations. We were to meet Roger Martel from Guernsey here, although he was delayed and arrived during the next morning. So we had a quiet day in waiting finished off by a nice […]
Ibiza : St Miguel
It was very beautiful inside the cala, we had to get past various rocks to get into the anchorage and there were two or three beaches in the anchorage. At the entrance was a rock joining the land by a causeway, with a stunningly beautiful private residence built on top, which we at first thought […]
Ibiza : St Antonio
When we got to the large bay at St Antonio, we reached an empty fuel pontoon, however before we could go alongside we were beaten to the available space by no less than four motor vessels. Firstly a motor cruiser, then a small speedboat , then a jet ski towing in a rib which had […]