The afternoon of our final rest day in San Pedro saw us cleaning and stowing the dinghy, we have decided that at the end of October and with the weather as changeable as it has been we are not likely to be anchoring and needing to use it. As we had time on a windy day we did the job of taking her down and packing her away.
It seemed a little sad but we do have better views from the back of the boat now ! After we had done that job we were treated to a stunning sunset.
We were treated to a sail the next day, no motor running !!! It was amazing, although it didn’t start that way. We watched a French Yacht sail out of the marina and were very optimistic that we would be doing the same, although half an hour later the wind dropped so we motored our way out of the marina, feeling slightly disappointed but excited to be on our way again. We had looked at the weather and decided against making the trip to Pollensa and then round to Soller, that part of the coast has only one port of call and very little shelter in case of storms and with the weather forecast we got we decided to return the way we came. This meant we retraced our sails back past cala Ratjada and on to a place we hadn’t visited on our way here, Porto Cristo.
As soon as we were round the headland from the bay of Alcudia the wind picked up, we were able to get the mainsail and genoa out and sail – virtually all the way to Porto Cristo 27 nautical miles along stunning coastline, it was fantastic. We were so excited and happy as this was one of the first really good sailing days of our whole trip. The sun was shining too which really made it brilliant.
The entrance to Porto Cristo is quite short, and round a dog-leg, you know it will be fun when they tell you, go past the tourist boats and you’ll see your mooring. Sure enough we were the last on the line of visiting yachts and the next boat along was the Moonfish glass bottom boat, it was great to watch how they operate.
This place looks fantastic, there is a little beach and a lot of marina to see. I am sure we’ll have a great time here.
The Adventures of Gemini J 