5th Oct 2008 - A lovely anchorage and more trouser problems
Bali Hai
Neal Stow
Sun 5 Oct 2008 23:06
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We arose to a beautiful sunny morning and gentle
breeze and so we were definitely going to be moving on. The departure was
quite straightforward and by ten o'clock we were motoring out of Mahon
harbour. As we headed out to sea and rounded the end of Menorca the wind
was a good strength but unfortunately coming straight at us. We wanted to
do some sailing and so spent a couple of hours trying to tack up the coast with
Emma enjoying her first real stint on the helm but with a 1.5 knot current
against us we were not making much headway and so at about one o'clock we
brought the sails down and motored.
The South coast of Menorca is quite impressive,
with lots of cliffs and coves. Supposedly the most impressive cove is Cala
Covas but other than being quite secluded it did not seem particularly
wonderful. We eventually stopped in Cala Macarella which is extremely
beautiful with two small beaches. While the beaches were quite full when
we arrived by six in the evening they were empty and only one other yacht and us
were to spend the night at anchor in the bay. There was quite a swell but
this time we put a second anchor out off the stern to hold the boat facing into
the swell and we were much more comfortable.
Today was BBQ day and with Mo being the keen
fisherman on board we were hopeful of a fish supper but, as usual, ended up
with a lovely meal of steak, pork chops and sausages. However the evening
under a blanket of stars was very pleasant, the only disappointment was that,
having lost one set of designer jeans yesterday, another two pairs of trousers
perished when a glass of red wine went flying across the cockpit in the
swell.
We retired to bed reasonably early but with some
concern, as there were some very strange smells coming from the
saloon.
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