Ibiza VI: Cala Tarida

Mar 4–7 in Spain ⋅ 🌬 17 °C

We were about to get a lot of strong easterly wind. So we decided to move further to the lew side of the island together with Beautje. Not the regular crew of Beautje, Hilda and Lajla, but Hilda and her two sisters Gonnie and Gerdina.

The wind was already blowing from behind so we decided to sail with only a reefed main sail. This was going fine until we got back to the point where you have to pass through Es Vedra, the big rock formation just of the coast. The wind was funny last time we passed through here and it was again this time. We would go from being very happy we were reefed double with the wind blowing 29 knots to hoping for the next burst of wind when we only had 3-5 knots. At some points, even though Beautje was right next to us, either we would get a gust which only boosted us forward while Beautje would fall still and the same thing happened multiple times the other wind. It makes sense with the many rock formations and cliffs which can cause odd fall winds, but it is still quite odd when you go through it. On the last leg the wind was turning more and more against us. While Beautje was tacking its way to the anchorage we cheated a bit and turned on the engine for the last mile or so😬

In Tarida we worked some more and explored this part of the island. Since it has rained a lot for the past week, a lot of the flowers and plants have finally started to show themselves and it is gorgeous! Hilda and her sisters invited us over for dinner on the second evening. Hilda still had some tuna in the freezer which they had caught at the coast of the Spanish mainland. We went through all of us Lajla's storage, the main chef on board of Beautje, and made some delicious dinner together while we chatted away.

Beautje left the next day and soon after they were gone Watertuin arrived. We had briefly passed them in Gibraltar when we had just gotten diesel and they were on the way to the fuel station. The next morning we had a cup of tea/coffee together before we went out way again. Up North we go!Read more