Santa Ponsa Anchorage
Red Skies
David Alexander
Mon 23 May 2011 07:20
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Sunday 22nd May. We have spent the last
4 nights at anchor in Cala Santa Ponsa and, as the predicted rain and strong
winds did not materialise, we had a pleasant and relaxing time. The highlights
were: David going dinghy sailing, Alison taking her first swim (and it vwas
colder than she likes), gesticulating to charter boat crews trying to anchor too
close to us, and taking a couple of trips ahore to renew our acqaintance with
Santa Ponsa. Despite last year's misgivings, we found that the place quite grew
on us, especially when we left the main drag, full of fast food eateries and
beachware shops. As, typically, our gas bottle had run out just after we left
Santa Eularia, we went on a recce to find a ferreteria that sold gas (many
don't). Later we rowed the dinghy back ashore and, whilst Alison stayed with the
dinghy, David heroically hiked across town to get a replacement.
Whilst we were ashore we checked out Santa Ponsa
marina, which is very sheltered and with good facilities. However, it is an up
market boat park for local residents with no allocated berths for visitors - one
has to take a chance that a mooring owner is away and has asked to marina to let
his berth in his absence. When we enquired there were no vacant moorings but if
there had been one it would have cost us 100 euros a night because we were too
big for the 11metre berths and the next size up was 14 metres. There was always
the possibility of staying overnight on the waiting pontoon but that was 80
euros a night and there was already a boat on it that had some engine problem
and couldn't move. With those eye-watering prices we, in best tabloid journalist
tradtion, made our excuses and left and returned to our very attractive
anchorage, where the water was crystal clear, with fish all around us, and with
our anchor firmly embedded in the sandy bottom and where the cost was
nothing.
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