Tuesday 4 June 2019

It was a quiet day in port. Despite enjoying our restaurant meal last night, some of it had obviously not agreed with Tricia, and she was unwell overnight and during the day.

The Torre at the mouth of the river at Ciutadella, with Mallorca in the distance

Laurence was up and off early, heading for home, so we were lazy for the day. By late afternoon, Tricia was feeling sufficiently better for us to go for a walk, and we headed out along the coastal path. This led us to one of the anchorages that we had rejected as being too small.  We were a bit surprised to see that there were 3 boats there, although all rather smaller than Equinox. The largest had put lines to the shore to stop him swinging, but the result was that he was lying across the direction of the wind and swell, and rolling considerably. It did not look at all comfortable, and we concluded that we had made the right decision not to go there. Just beyond this there was a beautiful beach where it would be good to spend the day.

Glad we didn't anchor here

As is usually our practice, we have written to the FurlerBoom support line to say that our problems were resolved and thank them for their help and support. We got a very appreciative email back from them, saying how much they valued the feedback and liked to hear the outcomes.  It also transpired that the guy I have been speaking to, was the owner of the company. He is clearly someone not afraid to get his hands dirty with dealing with the customers.  They went up even further in my estimation.

There is a sailing school and canoeing school next to where we are moored

Port Theatre performances are at 12:00, 12;15, 2:30, 3:10 etc…  Todays star performer was the boat next to us.  There were 3 people on board, the skipper, who seemed very accomplished, and a couple who had rather less idea. By way of background, everywhere here you moor with your stern to the quay. You attach lines from each stern quarter of the boat to the quay, and you pick up what is called a lazy line.  These are fixed to the seabed at a point ahead of the boat, and sit on the seabed until they are needed. There is a smaller line led back to the quay, which you use to pull up the mooring line, and you do this on each side of the boat, pulling it tight, so that the boat is being held in place by 2 lines from ahead and the 2 from behind.  Anyway, back to the story.  The boat came in, attached to the quay, and the younger guy picked up the lazy line and went forward with it.  He then proceeded to pull it tight, but the line leading back to the quay, not the one attached in front of the boat. The outcome was that the boat was pulled back and banged into the quay.  The skipper was not amused.

Distance covered today	0	nautical miles
Trip distance covered	791	nautical miles
Distance covered 2019	791	nautical miles
Steve (and Tricia)