The wawta in Majawca...

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Chris White and Jeanna Coleman
Sat 30 Jul 2011 20:54
Position: 39:21.40N 003:12.67E - Puerto Petro, Mallorca

 


 ... don't taste like it owta, but it has other uses...

 

Only sailors (hello Jean!) understand the pleasure of the perfect beam reach (6-7 knots of boat speed in 9-10 knots of wind on a not far from even keel) that we had for a full day yesterday on our transit from Ibiza to Mallorca.  We anchored overnight at the Eastern end of Palma Bay where we had a great view of the lightening flashing just behind the capital.

 

 

It was forecast for rain all day today, and for once the forecast was accurate.  No problem though - Chris wanted to give the sails a bit of a clean so we headed out mid-morning.  It was wet but not cold and the couple of tacks we needed to get around the Southern headland was enough to soak both sides of the sails.  Bearing in mind Chris's cleaning OCD (which I'm not complaining about - our boat is always pristine and the teak decks look better now than when the boat was handed over) I'm surprised he didn't get me to hoist him up the mast with a brush and detergent.

 

 

Puerto Petro is very picturesque.  Not that I've seen much of it as I was cooking dinner.  Thanks Ainsley Harriot (never thought I'd utter those words) for your Wild Mushroom Cup-a-Soups (handy under-way fodder) which make a useful base for an impromptu mushroom sauce for pork medallions.  We're gently bobbing in one of the coves here contemplating whether you're better off being in one of the fabulous luxury villas to our left, or one of the holiday apartments to our right - low rise, probably expensive, but not so pretty.  Who's got the better view?  And who's paying a lot less for it?!

 

 

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