Hasta luego Menorca ….

OK so today has to be the longest day with the lightest winds in our history of sailing Gemini J and there was 46,3 nautical miles of it!! We spent periods in 0 knot winds and the wind didn’t get above 5 knots all day, not quite the sail we had planned (for those of you not sure of your wind speeds,  we need about 10 knots of wind to sail rather than motor the boat – so we had to “drive” the boat all the way!) This was definitely not as forecast, luckily we had got up with the 6:35 am ferry going into Mahon which had rocked our boat every morning and we were on our way by 7:45.  I have a couple of photos of said ferry on it’s return journey later on each day during our stay – you can see why we were rocking and rolling !

The early start meant that we enjoyed the fabulous sunrise.

There really is not much to say about the day, we saw no other yachts,  not even any fishing boats and once we left the Menorcan coast behind us it was simply a case of watching out for fishing buoys and nets.  They can be as small as a coke can or a plastic water bottle so we are always on the look out – and it is amazing how many we have seen and avoided.

We did have one important job to do during the voyage – the all important lowering of the Menorcan  courtesy flag,  replacing it with the general Balearics flag for our entry into Majorcan waters.

We came back to Cala Ratjada and moored alongside the quay, before finding out that we needed to move to the one berth with live electricity for us to plug into, which took an hour and four changes, not quite what we wanted at the end of the day.  The place is a lot quieter than it was when we were here a couple of weeks ago.  We hopped off the boat to grab a drink at the bar, by that time we were exhausted after a 12 hour day at sea!