17th August 2007 - Mallorca
Posted at 3:19 PM, Friday, August 17, 2007
Sue took advantage of Brian coming over to take a weeks break back in the UK - so 24 hours after Brian arrived in Mallorca, from Sydney v Rome - she stepped on a flight from Palma to Bournemouth.
Brian joined us at Andraitz on the SW end of Mallorca, and since then we've sailed around the island in a clockwise direction, stopping over in Soller, Alcudia, Cla Molar and this past night, Porto Colom.
It's actually the first time I've sailed Swagman down the NE coastline and stopped in anywhere - and have to say its very pleasant. Not the rugged good looks of the cliffs found on the west coast we've frequented before - but sandstone low cliffs, deeply indented with beached calas and wooded shoresides, plus sapphire blue seas close to shore, make it very attractive.
Managed to link up at last with old pals Robin and Charles from Robin Leigh and Ami and Bob from Skalliwag. both yachts also heading westward this summer from Turkey. Each were parked up at anchor less than 300 metres from us and accepted our invite to celebrate with a BBQ party last night on Swagman. A really good night.
From here we aim to find an anchorage for Saturday night close to Palma so Brian can go catch his plane and Sue can arrive off hers this coming Sunday. Then it's onward for us across to Ibiza, then Denia on the Spanish mainland, then a few days later we'll be casting off for Gibraltar and end up in Lagos on Portugal's Algave.
Our time in the Med - at least for this year - is almost upon us. Sad.
Well - mnaybe not so sad. Lots of adventures further west ahead of the good ship Swagman..............
Cheers
JOHN
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