We arrived on the island of Mallorca at sunrise this morning. I sent a Spot out that we had anchored pretty early. We were in a little cala that I do not know the name of and were anchored for a little while. We hoped to just tie up at the fuel dock and find out if we could get a slip after we re-fueled. Unfortunatley the fuel dock had some boat tied up there so we had to anchor out. It was quite windy and bumpy in the anchorage area and our anchor would not hold. We could feel it slipping across the rock bottom. As we were examining our options with the slipping anchor, the boat that was blocking the fuel dock pulled out.
We slid right into the dock and got a little nap in waiting for them to open up. They were supposed to open at 10 AM local. It was kind of a weird little cala and seemed really industrial/mechanical. To me, it did not have a real good "vibe". That's just me I guess. But, as it happens we decided to pull out and go somewhere else. We left that dock at about 0630Z and started sailing around the North east side of Mallorca. With Charlies' input and experience, we selected a cala that was about 20 miles away as our target.
We started with a great wind direction and a good sail until we began to turn the corner. As we started to go more North up the east coast the wind was right on our nose again. We cranked up the engine and motored the rest of the trip.
The wind was strong from the North and there was a plethora of sailboats coming from the North going downwind. When I say plethora, I mean we thought there was a regatta going on or something because there were so many boats going South past us. We ended up anchoring in the bay of Porto Colom at about 1300Z and the wind is good, the sea is still and it's a nice little place. We have neighbors from France, Germany, Spain (of course) and three boats from the US.
It looks like Porto Colom has the facilities we need (mainly laundry) and everything else. I think we are going to try to rent a car to drive around and explore Mallorca tomorrow. I expect we will be here a couple of days at least. On the hook and safe again!
We slid right into the dock and got a little nap in waiting for them to open up. They were supposed to open at 10 AM local. It was kind of a weird little cala and seemed really industrial/mechanical. To me, it did not have a real good "vibe". That's just me I guess. But, as it happens we decided to pull out and go somewhere else. We left that dock at about 0630Z and started sailing around the North east side of Mallorca. With Charlies' input and experience, we selected a cala that was about 20 miles away as our target.
We started with a great wind direction and a good sail until we began to turn the corner. As we started to go more North up the east coast the wind was right on our nose again. We cranked up the engine and motored the rest of the trip.
The wind was strong from the North and there was a plethora of sailboats coming from the North going downwind. When I say plethora, I mean we thought there was a regatta going on or something because there were so many boats going South past us. We ended up anchoring in the bay of Porto Colom at about 1300Z and the wind is good, the sea is still and it's a nice little place. We have neighbors from France, Germany, Spain (of course) and three boats from the US.
It looks like Porto Colom has the facilities we need (mainly laundry) and everything else. I think we are going to try to rent a car to drive around and explore Mallorca tomorrow. I expect we will be here a couple of days at least. On the hook and safe again!