Puerto Pollensa

38 54.2N 03 06.3E We sailed from Puerto Colom on Friday and followed the coast
around the north east of the island arriving here in the bay around 1800. The
last three hours of which we were able to sail. However our headsail problems
are still with us as we could not furl the jib on arrival and had to do so by
hand. We then discovered the halyard had snapped again! The beautiful
surroundings of this bay somewhat compensated for this worrying problem and we
were very pleased to find a Posidion buoy free which we picked up and here we
have been for three nights. The water temperature shows 22.4 degrees the
warmest yet and so swimming has been lovely. We took the dinghy into the town
and with the help of a Fairline rep. managed to contact a rigger but
unfortunately he was too busy to see us until next Friday so we are pushing on
to Menorca in the hope of finding someone there. On Saturday afternoon we sat at the Club de Vela (newish
with lovely facilities) for a drink before returning to the boat to watch the
racing yachts arrive from Barcelona. We reckon about 50 duly came in with the
last few after dusk. Sunday dawned rather cloudy and we had a sprinkling of rain
(the first since our departure from Lagos); we decided to take the dinghy again
into the port, fill up the fuel cans and then go and explore. We moored the
tender next to a Fulmar (remember Rimau?) with an English couple on board who
agreed to keep an eye on it! Then we caught the bus to the old town of Pollensa
some 8 Kilometres inland. This is an ancient site with many very old buildings,
narrow winding streets and shady squares. It was market day so there were
masses of stalls with the usual hand-made jewellery, clothes, local produce
like olives and honey as well as cheese stalls and fresh fruit and vegetables.
I had looked on the internet for ideas for a meal and we eventually found the
Cellar Moli ( in an old mill) where we had a super menu de dia for 13.50 E. My
starter was a dish of Paella so I finally managed to eat this without having to
make Rob share with me (usually it is only served for two). It was a very good
three course meal and included wine and water. We strolled back to the bus stop
and caught the 1615 bus back to the port. On our return the clouds had gathered and we only just got
back on board before it started to drizzle. However this did not last long and
we were able to sit out again for post supper drinks in the cockpit. On the
down side there are mosquitoes here and I have been bitten so am back to taking
the red pills given to me by the Pharmacist in Cadiz last year! The new Mossie
screens are in place now and we try to seal up the boat at dusk to stop
invasions! (thanks to Bob Pluckrose for making them back in the UK). We are off to Menorca this morning so this will be the last
post until we get another WIFI hotspot! Its great here – I managed to
find a free one to use while we are sitting on the mooring! I
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