15th July-19th July
Off again
Mark+Barbara
Sun 19 Jul 2009 14:31
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Well had a good sail to Cala Salinas on the south
coast of Ibiza, beam reach most of the way.
Rick and Barbara followed us into the bay.Hooked up
again to some booked mooring buoys,bay looked pretty beach with day trippers it
seems the beach here is very popular with the tourists although there is little
development ashore apart from some beach restaurants,lovely sandy beach
though.We intend to drop Trinity here for the airport which is a short taxi ride
away.
Swam over to 'Far Out Waves"to have a chat water
again quite clear and there appears to be a little more sea life
here.
Will do a 'reckie' tomorrow to check out the town
and the ease of getting a taxi etc.
16th July
Got the bus into Ibiza,Busty took us ashore and
remained on the boat until our return.Had a nice afternoon and Trinity was able
to catch up with a girl friend who was an ex student at Reading
University.
Bus service really good as a bus leaves from the
beach area every 30 mins and operates up until 7.30pm.
Decided to meet up at bus station and take the bus
back and have a meal somewhere near the beach.Found a rather nice hotel come
restaurant which served good food and after explaining that we needed a taxi for
Trinity early in the morning they said they would call us a taxi if we
popped by in the morning.Very helpful/
We had one of the best paellas that we have had to
date!!
That night we had winds 30 knts plus from the south
so we were rocking and rolling,did not sleep very much as we were a little
concerned that we would not be able to get off 'Rafiki' the next morning as
swells quite high and Trinity's flight leaving quite early.
Decided to wake Trinity at 6.30 and start to get
ready as the winds had reduced a little to 15-20 knts.Plan was to make a quick
dash to beach where Mark would unload Trinity and myself and return to boat as
quickly as he could.
All managed to get into dinghy with luggage etc and
bags wrapped in plastic to protect from any freak waves coming into dinghy.Extra
towels and water for rinsing our feet was all prepared and also loaded into
dinghy.
A hair raising journey to the beach was experienced
and there were moments when I really thought that the dinghy was going to be
tossed over,thankfully this did not happen and we even nearly managed to stay
dry! Just as we were landing onto the beach a breaking wave appeared from
nowhere and drenched all of us,a frantic dash for higher ground was made and
Mark turned tail and motored back to the boat.
Trinity and I looked like we had been shipwrecked
with all our worldly goods scattered around us,shame I did not have the
camera!!
Any way we walked down the road to wait outside the
hotel until they opened up,Trinity took most of her clothes off to dry in the
early morning sun.A little later the morning cook opened the gate and got quite
a shock to see Trinity standing there.We went inside for a cup of tea and he
brought us some croissants whilst we were waiting for our taxi,as I said this
hotel although they call themselves a hostel was very hospitable,will certainly
go there for a meal when Samantha comes out.
Trinity did catch her flight and after seeing her
off I caught the bus into town to use the
internet and wait until the sea had calmed down a bit.
Return trip in dinghy was just as bad despite the
fact that sea state was a little more steady.Trinity now realises how difficult
it is to keep to a schedule as the
weather,the dominating factor, is very
fickle!!
18thJuly
Big beach party gathering on beach with African
drums competing with what can only be described as ' disco head banging
music' . Will leave here tomorrow as it is a little on the noisy side.In the
evening went for a stroll on the beach after most of the party goers had left
the beach,thank god the buses don't run all night!
19th July
Just our luck after all that wind the
previous 2 nights the wind died right down to 5-10 knts and we had to
motor sail to San Antonio.Will stay here a few days whilst Busty sorts himself
out.
Lilly has not been too well this last week and we
thought she had developed a touch of arthritis as she was limping on one
leg and was 'off' her food,but thankfully today she seems much brighter and her
walking has improved.I started to give her cod liver oil in milk and it seems to
have done the trick,maybe it could have been the weather as it has been
extremely hot with temperatures 34 plus.
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