A great sail to Mallorca

It's been a long time since we we sailed for 9 hours plus and what a sail it was.
Leaving Portinax before 8, we soon cleared the NE tip of Ibiza and struck out on the 50 mile trip to Mallorca. There were several boats around us making the same passage.
Soon enough we had the engine off.
Conditions were perfect, 10 - 12 kts breeze on our beam, a calm sea and of course, plenty sunshine. By late morning we had left Ibiza in our wake, and all we could see was a calm blue sea and the other few yachts. By midday we were making 7 kts with a light helm and a happy boat.
It's a rare day to have a good sail combining with an offshore passage
It's days like these we signed up for!
The high mountains of Mallorca appeared as a distant smudge on the horizon, 20 miles away.
As we approached our destination port of Andraitx we heard an Irish voice on the VHF, calling "sailing yacht IRL 4812" - the number on our mainsail. It turned out to be none other than Eddie English who was in Mallorca for a sail training week. We spoke later, small world!
We were soon tied up at a buoy, delighted to be in Mallorca and blissed out after our great sail.Baca selengkapnya