Port de Soller ⚓

After the stormy winds have passed we find an acceptable weather window to sail north to Port de Soller. Since my family is coming to Mallorca for our birthdays we have a bit of a tight schedule. We start the day as we call it "gray and grauw": gray clouds, not a lot of wind and rain. Slowly the gray clouds pass and here and there a little bits of blue sky appear. The wind also gets better and better. After a couple of hours, after a couple of attempts, we hoist our colorful gennaker. Ideal for light winds from reaching to downwind (van achteren). Above 10 knots we prefer not to use our gennaker because she's a beauty, but she has some years on her. So when the wind picks up after a few hours we take down the gennaker and set up a "melkmeisje". After all we have a beautiful sail along the rocky and impressive west coast of Mallorca.

Port de Soller is one of the very few protected anchorages on this side of the island. It's quite a big bay and it surrounded by mountains. Absolutely stunning! On the other hand, it is also very touristy. The entire bay is surrounded by a boulevard filled with shops, bars, restaurants and veeeery expensive ice cream. We keep it to just one scoop each😉. On top of that a small tram brings heaps of tourists from the coastal town Port de Soller to Soller itself. It's a cute town and the mountain views are gorgeous, but a bit too touristy in our opinion. After 2 good night's of sleep we continue north to Pollenca. There we'll be able to leave Nimrod in the municipal harbor when my family is here.Read more