Andy 
Portals Vells 
The Boat House, Palma 
Jane & Janice 
Karen at Calanova 
Camp de Mer 
Camp de Mer 
Cala Figuera 
Cala Figuera 
Carol, Ruth, Jo & Karen 
Paddle-boarding 
Code Zero 
Shirley & Karen
After lots more maintenance and lots more visitors (Carol, Ruth, Jo, Spider, Gill, Andy) we left Palma on Wednesday 27 October for the short trip to Andratx before the long trip to Port Argelès-sur-Mer.
A final evening in Andratx (most of the mooring buoys had been removed) was very pleasant and the next morning we motored north to the Spanish mainland and on to the French border, ably assisted by Batty. Approaching Port Argelès-sur-Mer we flew the Code Zero (a lightweight sail for reaching) but after a few minutes a huge gust luffed us up and the bowsprit, holding the tack of the code zero, broke and the sail flogged itself to pieces.
Karen up the mast 
Splicing dyneema 
Batty & Karen 
North to France 
Gusting F10! 
Gruissan
The fun wasn’t quite over as the next morning at Port Argelès-sur-Mer the wind was Beaufort Force 9 gusting 10! Needless to say, we stayed put until early afternoon when the wind dropped and we motored the final 35 nm to Gruissan.
On Sunday we spent the morning preparing Mistral for the winter e.g. removing sails, protecting lines, removing the bimini, filling the fuel tank etc. The boat will be at Gruissan for the winter before new adventures in 2022.
Thanks to everyone who helped us in 2021 – friends, family and contractors!
