Off to the Spanish mainland

We're all set for our next short hop from Ibiza to Malaga. It's about 340NM so depending on wind speed and direction it will take us up to 60 hours, hopefully less! Some friends we met in Argostoli arrived in Ibiza this morning and they are planning to sail with us to Malaga and then …

Skips ready……..finally!

Skippers update, and perhaps a sign that finally my head can relax from the boat essentials and concentrate on the months sailing ahead. Rehua is finally fully handed over from her previous owner, it takes a lot of paperwork and reregistering of the safety and communications equipment on board. Life raft, harnesses, jackets, jackstays, EPIRB, HF, pactor …

Beautiful Ibiza

We love Ibiza! We arrived here on Saturday afternoon after a very relaxing crossing from Palma and as we approached Sant Antonio we were welcomed by our friends Peter and Veronique! They have been showing us around the island and have made us feel very welcome. It's still very hot for the time of year …

Ibiza here we come

We're ready to leave Palma and set sail for Ibiza tomorrow morning. We've had lots of good things done to the boat here in Palma. Our watermaker has been completely re-fitted and serviced and should now be ready for our Atlantic crossing. We also had some more upholstery work done (new mattress covers and a …

Cabrera

My brother visited us this weekend and it was great to catch up after not seeing each other for a few months! We took the opportunity to visit Cabrera together, a group of islands 30 NM south of Palma which are a nature reserve and a national marine park. We had to book a permit …

Palma de Mallorca

It's still more than 30 degrees, lovely weather and we're enjoying Palma. Tyrii and I went for a big supermarket shop today which is always a small expedition. Luckily we were able to arrange delivery to the boat tomorrow morning! Palma is quite a big city, with a beautiful old cathedral, city walls and historic …

Cala Pi

We are anchored in Cala Pi, a narrow fjord-like inlet approx 15 NM southeast of Palma with stunning turquoise water and impressive rock formations. Yesterday we enjoyed a day of swimming, snorkelling and SUP-ing. Tomorrow we plan to head into Palma for a couple of days to sort out a few boat maintenance and repair …

Mallorca

We're anchored in Cala an Pastilla which is a few miles east of Palma. We had a wonderful sail with perfect conditions, a beautiful sunrise and another 100 miles under our belts (bringing the total to 1,500 NM!)

Off to Palma

We're all very keen to go sailing again. After a week being tied onto a pontoon we are all suffering from "marina fever"! The boat is ready and we plan to set off this evening to Palma in order to get there by tomorrow afternoon ... We did the one thing that so many people …