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Leaving Palma

At anchor near Andratx

After three weeks in Palma, with lots of guests and lots of boat work, we finally left two days ago and are now at anchor off Formentera, south of Ibiza.

Proper sailing at last

Improvements to the boat include: new water heater, new capacitors for the generator (one failed), new main halyard swivel (came from Ipswich) and new solar panels. Everything seems to be working well except the solar panels which appear to be producing only 3.5A out of a theoretical maximum of 18A. The boat draws 11-12A when sailing so we’d be happy with anything above 9A.

Karen on the Insta
Andy feeling well
Rich & Karen
Karen & Tamsin
George in the tender
Henry in the tender
Ray
Sailing!
Fish!

Tomorrow we’ve got a long day to the mainland (probably Calpe) then we gently sail down the coast to Gibraltar – more soon!

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Ibiza and Palma

Wednesday: A short run to Santa Eulalia marina, a few miles north-east of Ibiza town. An excellent marina with lots of facilities, but pricey.

  • G&T seats
  • Santa Eulalia
  • Santa Eulalia

Thursday: A 10 hr/62 nm day today, so we left early at 0600 local. A good SW wind so running downwind all day. We used the preventer on the boom and also experimented with two foresails and no main. It worked, but one of the foresails needs to be poled out to stabilise it.
Jane left her hatch open a crack not realising that the sea wasn’t as calm as the day before – the bed got soaked…

  • Leaving Santa Eulalia
  • Jane, drying her bedding


There was a Mayday during the morning. We plotted the position but were too far away to assist.

  • Mayday
  • A curry night
  • Port de Mallorca Marina

We welcomed Shirley on board on Friday and said goodbye to Jane on Sunday. We’ll be sorting a problem with the generator (overheating and shutting down) in the morning then it’s off to Cala d’Or on the east coast of Mallorca.

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The Lockdown

We had some maintenance carried out in Palma and worked our way back to Valencia in early March. We then left Mistral and drove back to France. The next day, Spain went into lockdown and a fews days later, France followed.

It’s now mid-June and there are signs that the lockdowns will be lifted soon. When we can travel back to the UK without quarantine, we will do so and visit friends and family. Then we’ll be back on Mistral for as long as possible in 2020.

  • RCNV Palma
    RCNV Palma
  • Wedding Anniversary
    Wedding Anniversary
  • Mallorca
    Mallorca
  • Mallorca
    Mallorca
  • Cala Bassa
    Cala Bassa
  • A Sunshot
    A Sunshot
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Cala Major, Palma

To Mallorca

A longish day of sailing to Mallorca. Plenty of wind until later in the afternoon. We anchored at Cala Major, the first bay to the west of Palma.

  • Cala Major
  • Mallorca
  • Cala Major
  • Cala Major
  • Cala Major
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Ibiza

Ibiza

A short 11 nm trip from Formentera to Ibiza. The nav instruments keep failing when the bow thrusters are used. Will try to get them fixed when we get to Palma.

We explored the town a little. Very quiet out of season. Valentines dinner at the marina pizzeria with a posher meal the following evening.

  • Ibiza Castillo
  • At the castle
  • Ibiza Castillo
  • Ibiza
  • Ibiza
  • To Ibiza