I took an amazing sunrise walk along the breakwater with Tines before we set sail again, in extremely calm conditions heading to Menorca.
The crossing was flat calm with no wind, which actually made it almost boring, although the fact that we could see Menorca all the way made it more interesting. We took turns on the helm and Tines slept all the way !! When we arrived at Port de Ciutadella we navigated our way along a narrow channel into the town port which is absolutely stunning.
Once we found the entrance to the channel we came up really slowly and the city just unfolded in front of us, it was really exciting and a great way to arrive.
We were told to moor on the first pontoon, which we did (once again, no marineros to help us!) – although on further looking around we realised this may not be the first pontoon it may be the second. Sure enough the marineros came along to tell us we were in the wrong place, we should have been on the first pontoon which was somewhat obscured by fishing boats – so, we had to move, which skipper Nigel did really well and once again we settled onto a new mooring. We heard a securite announcment on the radio (which is a general warning) for Gales in the area so tomorrow looks like a rest day again!! You can see from the photos that the clouds are looking quite ominous and this photo was taken once we had moved to our new mooring, just half an hour after we arrived….
The Adventures of Gemini J 