Tuesday 21 May 2019

No hurry to leave this morning so we ran round the harbour and up to the headland, past the lighthouse. I really struggled going up hill so it was bliss to come back down again. The distractions of the scenery, beautiful houses and then watching workmen putting anchor points in the rock face, we assumed to secure netting, made the time whizz by. Having returned via the supermarket, all the other transiting yachts had left before us.

We’ve been fascinated listening to the locals speaking. The Mallorcan language is completely different to Castilian Spanish and sounds almost like a Slavic language.

We set off for the cala, that Juan our neighbour, had recommended. Although there were no buildings in this cove, we arrived when the glass bottom tourist boats were going in but managed to anchor out of their way. The beach and headland were quite busy with people, so, I guess it has been discovered. The water was turquoise and crystal clear. Having worked hard at getting in the cold water, we had a swim and snorkel, which was a special treat.

After lunch we set off again and motored, into the light wind to Porto Petro.

This is a conservation area, where a local organisation have put in mooring buoys to discourage people from anchoring, so that they can nurture the seagrass, home to sea horses. Here the marinaro comes to help you to attach to the buoy.

We were able to see that the anchor had bitten

We had dinner on deck in warm sunshine in this beautiful harbour, as the sun went down; a lovely end to a great day.

Distance covered today	18	nautical miles
Trip distance covered	544	nautical miles
Distance covered 2019	544	nautical miles
Steve (and Tricia)