Cala D'Or
39 22.0N 03 13.7E 24th May At Anchor in Cala Longa We had an unplanned for extra early start this morning when
I woke up to the sound of an anchor chain rubbing on our boat. I shot out of
bed as did Rob and we found our boat about to be ‘T-boned’ by the
pulpit of another anchored yacht. With the help of the engine and the
bow-thruster we managed to avoid any damage and were soon free and motoring
slow ahead out of Puerto Andratx. It was a bit misty and there was not much
wind but we decided to hoist the main anyway. We had a very uneventful motor
along the coast which at first was quite rocky with high headlands mostly
shrouded in a morning mist. We saw few boats in this sector of our journey but
after rounding Punta de Cala Figuera to cross the bay of Palma we probably saw
more yachts and ‘gin palaces’ than we have seen since the Solent!
We saw nothing of the bay as we were well off the land and it was really quite
misty – so much so that we had to put the radar on. We were making good
progress and so decided not to stop as planned at Puerto de Sant Jordi
and we pressed on all the way to Cala D’Or dropping the anchor in Cala
Longa just before the entrance to the Marina. We decided to try a stern anchor to hold us into the swell
so hope this will work and not get tangled round the rudder! I had a swim to
try and follow the anchor chain but the visibility was poor so lost sight after
about 10 metres. The beach here was crowded and we had a host of spectators
watching as we anchored, plus a few swimmers later who came out to inspect the
British yacht! We are all set now to meet up with my sister Norma who arrives
at her Villa tonight – we are about 800 metres from the back gate! We are hoping to get some shopping done as well as borrow
the washing machine facilities at the Villa to catch up on a large
bedding wash! In addition Norma has brought out the new diode splitter device
that we need to fit to enable power to be directed to the house batteries from
the alternator. It will be a major relief to get this problem sorted! Planning to move to Porto Colom after here. I
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