We had a bumpy night in Cala Ratjada, much more swell than our previous visit and we decided that it would not be a great place to be moored if there was a storm! We had thought about staying an extra day to relax but decided to head off and do a short sail round to San Pedro, around 15 nautical miles away. The forecast was for 10+ knots of wind so we thought we would get some sailing in and that we might even go further if the conditions were good.
This was not to be, we managed about 10 minutes without motor (and that’s probably an exaggeration!), once again the wind was light. However, the coastline was stunning and it was a pleasure to watch it go by and we enjoyed a fantastic 3 hours travelling around the headland.
We decided to make it a short day and headed to Colonia de San Pedro which is absolutely beautiful. It is a very small holiday town set in beautiful countryside with rocky hills as it’s backdrop. The coastline looks like it will be worth exploring if we stay here, but that always depends on the weather !! This is what one place which fits the description “sardine marina”, Skipper Nigel did a fantastic job of squeezing us into a very tight space between two motor boats (once again), however, once we were moored up and we had set the fenders we were quite happy with our slot. We met lovely neighbours on the boat next door who talked to us how devastating the storm was here in Majorca (while we were in Menorca), it seems to have affected a lot of the infrastructure here. They said that normally their journey to the marina is 15 minutes but now it’s over an hour because so many roads are closed.
The Adventures of Gemini J 