6th May - arrived safely after a bumpy flight with Ryan Scare.  Spent most of the day trying to repair the damage caused by the EMP from a huge lightning strike that occurred close by.  Up and down the mast swapping aerials etc. is no fun :-(  The last thing to fix is the interface between the AIS and the chart plotter and unbelievably I spent the whole of last night dreaming about the damned thing!  Planning to set off from Sant Carles for Mahon today but the wind at the moment is a bit lively so we may sit it out until tonight.  The Doc (whilst patching up the Spanish courtesy flag which disintegrated in high winds) has managed to sew it to his trouser leg which raised a few titters amongt the crew.  We may have to hoist the Doc up the starboard crosstree if we can't remove it in one piece but he'll only have to stay there for 120 miles or so until we have to hoist the Italian flag :-)