October Med Cruise - lots of pics - Part 3 - Might need some help with this one
Pollensa is on the north eastern corner of Mallorca.
We were circumnavigating Mallorca clockwise so our next port of call should have been Alcudia.
But we were so keen to get to the little calas on the south of the island that we decided to give is a miss.
As I said in an earlier post, I didnt bring my recorded track home from the boat and I cant remember the names of most of the places that we stopped.
I do remember that we overnightes in Port Colom
And I think this is Porto Cristo on the way to Colom
But there were so many that I really cant remember where they were or what their names are.
So help is needed - I'll label each photo and you can all have a guess at where it was taken.
I think I've got them in chronological order and we did go round clockwise.
Perhaps there are some local or "hardened" Mallorca cruisers amongst you who know the places well enough to help.
First though - these were our lunchtime stops (I think)
Last week I delivered a boat from Marbella to Barcelona and conditions were ghastly along the route. We had 30+ knots and a 2m beam sea just off the lagoon by your home port.
Weather not too good this week either in the Balearics I hear.
Hi Mike. Great pics and I can confirm that you were lucky with the weather. It's a bit pot luck in late October. We've had a week of unbroken 30deg sunshine one year and rain 'n wind the next but the water is always still warm at this time of year. jfm is spot on about where the forum majorca meet took place this July in Colom (my head still hurts!) and you are correct that the last unnumbered pic is the anchorage just off Porto Christo marina. Anyway ref the other photos, some are tricky but I'll do my best and I'm happy to be flamed by anyone who knows the area better
P1 - dunno
P2 - Cala Pi (S coast just east Palma Pay)
P3 - departing Porto Colom
P4 - Cala Arsenau (??)
P5 - ditto
P6 - ditto
P7 - Cala d'Or (on way into Cala d'Or marina on north side)
P8 - Cala Gran (ditto)
P9 - Porto de Cala Figuera
P10 - leaving Porto de Cala Figuera (??)
P11 - Cala Arsenau again
P12 - Cala Mitjana (??)
P13 - Cala Mitjana
P14 - Cala Mitjana
P15 - Cala Gran
P16 - Calo d'es Pous (way into Cala d'Or marina)
P17 - Cala d'Or marina obviously
P18 - Porto Petro
P19 - Cala Mondrago
P20 - Cala Mondrago (north arm)
P21 - Cala Mondrago (west arm)
P22 - Porto de Cala Figuera entrance
P23 - Porto de Cala Figuera
P24 - Entrance Cala Pi (??)
P25 - Cala Mondrago (north arm)
P26 - Cala Mondrago (north arm)
P27 - Cala Mondrago (north arm)
P28 - Cala Mondrago (north arm)
P29 - Porto de Cala Figuera entrance
P30 - Porto de Cala Figuera entrance
I'm glad you were'nt listening to the VHF whilst we were out there.
Warlock called me (I think it was when we were in Cala Mondrego - P20) and said that there was "Dangerous Bar".
I immediatly panicked, thought of something like "Chichester Bar" and start looking round apprehensively.
It was allright though - He was referring to the bar on the beach!!!
Another great post, those bays/coves look fantastic...I'm very jealous, I shall have to have a look at my charts and see if I can find something similar in my stomping ground.
Interesting to see the different designs of the traditional fishing boats compared to the boats here, do you know why they have such a long extension from the stern?
I'm glad you were'nt listening to the VHF whilst we were out there.
Warlock called me (I think it was when we were in Cala Mondrego - P20) and said that there was "Dangerous Bar".
I immediatly panicked, thought of something like "Chichester Bar" and start looking round apprehensively.
It was allright though - He was referring to the bar on the beach!!!
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I don't know Cala Barcas. Thats another good thing about Balearics cruising. There are few bars or shallows to worry about and generally the anchorages have plenty of water up to the shoreline. The water is also clear in most places so you can see what you're dropping your anchor on. During high season, many of the anchorages that you visited are absolutely stuffed with boats and you have to get there early to get a spot. There seem to be an increasing number of charter yachts, most of which come out of Palma, so the anchorages nearer Palma get very busy. For example, I've never managed to anchor in Cala Pi and yet you had it to yourselves. It's out of season trips like yours where you get lucky with the weather, the anchorages are empty and the marinas have space that make putting a boat in the Med all worthwile
For gods sake man stop now,after the summer we had i am ready for slashing my wrist's,but thank you anyway for sharing, we will see you there soon!!,regards mm1.
I don't know Cala Barcas. Thats another good thing about Balearics cruising. There are few bars or shallows to worry about and generally the anchorages have plenty of water up to the shoreline. The water is also clear in most places so you can see what you're dropping your anchor on. During high season, many of the anchorages that you visited are absolutely stuffed with boats and you have to get there early to get a spot. There seem to be an increasing number of charter yachts, most of which come out of Palma, so the anchorages nearer Palma get very busy. For example, I've never managed to anchor in Cala Pi and yet you had it to yourselves. It's out of season trips like yours where you get lucky with the weather, the anchorages are empty and the marinas have space that make putting a boat in the Med all worthwile
Mike
Yes Cala Pi
If you do ever get in, you need to be really careful about the anchor holding.
When the video taken, I was trying (unsuccesfully) to get JW's anchor to hold. We had to anchor off outside the cala in the end and Warlock's JetRib came to fetch us.
I went swimming with a mask and even Warlock's anchor didnt hold. I was quite surprised, In the clear water, it was easy to see the rut that the anchor had created in the sand as it dragged. There was plenty of chain out as well. Could be that the sand is different there to other places but I was glad that we left JW safely outside.
Still, the swimming was fab and the sun was out - if it had been a day in the UK you would have thought it was the middle of summer.
If you do ever get in, you need to be really careful about the anchor holding.
When the video taken, I was trying (unsuccesfully) to get JW's anchor to hold. We had to anchor off outside the cala in the end and Warlock's JetRib came to fetch us.
I went swimming with a mask and even Warlock's anchor didnt hold. I was quite surprised, In the clear water, it was easy to see the rut that the anchor had created in the sand as it dragged. There was plenty of chain out as well. Could be that the sand is different there to other places but I was glad that we left JW safely outside.
Still, the swimming was fab and the sun was out - if it had been a day in the UK you would have thought it was the middle of summer.
It doesn't surprise me. As I say, Cala Pi is a very popular anchorage and perhaps because it's so tight, by the end of the season, the bottom gets churned up and doesn't hold well. The accepted technique in Cala Pi is to take a stern line to one of the rocks and that will take some load off the anchor. I think in places like that where you can't put out any great length of chain you rely as much on the weight of the anchor and chain as on the holding power of the anchor
Both the boats and all the bays look fantastic, really nice to get some images after hearing about the trip.
The blonde in the video looks cool on the back of 'Warlock' too. I guess she'll be looking forward to arriving down there next summer.
Well done MikeF for filling in the memory loss of the ol' 'urricane. I know how it feels though Mike, I can hardly remember any of the names from the Malta return trip either.
Excellent post, can't wait for you to get back for some more!
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October Med Cruise - lots of pics - Part 3 - Might need some help with this one
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