11 June 1993 Arenal D’en Castell to Fornells
We messed about on the boat until eleven o’clock and then went to the beach. I rang Rob at Feedback and he told me that he received my fax and they will pay me £49K at the end of August - as they say “better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick”.
We were going to stay the night, but a north swell started to get into the bay and a chap working at one of the bars advised us to get out in case a strong north wind was on its way. We motored around to Fornells against a 2-3 metre swell and anchored in the tranquillity of this beautiful natural harbour.
12 June 1993 Fornells
We walked up to the watch tower outside town in the morning. I had a windsurfing lesson in the afternoon.
13 June 1993 Fornells
Glenys, Brett and I had windsurfing lessons. Craig went snorkelling with no armbands.
14 June 1993 Fornells
We went windsurfing again. Brett was released and went solo! I swapped the engine and domestic batteries. I ran the engine for 1½ hours.
15 June 1993 Fornells
Windsurfing again. I bought a windsurfer, two sails and a harness for £400 (good old Feedback!)
16 June 1993 Fornells
We played with our new toy. Glenys finds the 5.5m² sail hard work – I must admit I find it heavy in light winds! Brett and Craig spent most of the day paddling around on boards. Ramone and Mario at the windsurfing school have made our stay here very pleasant. John and Rosie from “French Mistress” came for a drink in the evening.
17 June 1993 Fornells to Cala Addaya
Ramone very kindly came over and gave us two t-shirts. I spent most of the morning working out where and how to stow our new windsurfing gear. We then had a gentle downwind sail to Addaya. It’s a very interesting approach into the Cala, winding between rocky shoals that are partly submerged. We started to sail in, but bottled out because we would have had to gybe around a port buoy with rocks only 30 metres to starboard.
We anchored in beautiful surroundings with about fifteen other yachts. We went exploring in the dinghy – the far end of the Cala is very shallow, isolated and lovely. I finally persuaded Brett to jump into the water from the deck level – his swimming is coming on great guns.
The log is under reading very badly now. We logged 4.9 miles and by dead reckoning we did 7 miles i.e. only 70% of the true mileage. Addaya is mosquito city – I was bitten 3 times in 5 minutes while taking a picture!
18 June 1993 Cala Addaya to Cala Binibeca
It was hard to break out the anchor this mooring - really sticky mud. I tried to find the passage between Llosa D’Emmig and Isla Petita D’Addaya, but couldn’t see the “awash” rocks at Llosa D’Emmig and back tracked when the depth got to 7 metres. We went into Mahon to the town quay. I went and picked up our mail from the Club Maritimo (digital voltmeter and the Calvert School Grade 2 course for Brett). Glenys went shopping for meat, which we haven’t had for a week because it’s difficult to get in Fornells. We then went to Club Martimo for water.
As we were leaving Mahon, we saw Guy and Marie on in “Sahara Blue”, an Oyster 435, which was in Ipswich while we were fitting out Glencora. They are going to Turkey and then St Lucia in December, so we will probably see them again. We motored round to Cala Binibeca where we had a bit of trouble anchoring – too near a power boat, then wouldn’t hold, etc! We opened the package containing the Calvert Course to find that we only had half of it!
19 June 1993 Cala Binibeca to Cala Santa Galdana
We stopped off for a look around Cala Covas on the way – this is famous because there are still people living in the caves. It’s very tight and I wouldn’t want to stay there overnight. We went past Santo Thomas where we had a holiday 3 years ago, continued past Cala Mitjana which looks nice and went into Cala Santa Galdana which is packed with pedalos, motorboats, swimmers and windsurfers.
We sat on the beach in the afternoon. It’s very crowded and noisy (yuk!). Brett had his wish granted and Glenys hired a pedalo for him – he’s been asking for about 3 months!
20 June 1993 Cala Santa Galdana to Cuidadela
It was a bit rolly last night. We motor sailed to Cuidadela, which is a beautiful harbour and city. The Fiesta De San Juan started today and we went out in the evening to watch lots of drunken Spaniards dancing to brass bands and throwing nuts everywhere. We bought a large carrier bag of nuts (coffee or hazel?) for £1 - Brett and Craig had great fun throwing them around. We went to a fairground from which it was difficult to pull them away!