mjkinch1
Well-Known Member
The winter months have slowly dissolved away, the servicing is complete, and the first trip of 2008 is underway 
We were pretty lucky with the weather, the previous week had been pretty blowy, and whilst the forecast was OK, the best day was the Friday, so everything was tidied up and ready to go.
We have had some problems with our throttles, so over the winter had complete new cables laid from the Flybridge (It would have been cheaper to have a new flybridge fitted time I did it all in parts - next time make note to just replace them with EDC and morse controls) and so a quick sea trial was in order.
First problem was they fitted the controls upside down, so the boat not only went the wrong way, it went the opposite way as well. Good job we tested them before we let the ropes go.
The engineer turned up within 10 minutes and made teh corrections, everything seemed tickety boo, and off we went.
In Alcudia they have built a new fast ferry terminal, and here you can see the huge Cat as it left for Barcelona between the yachts.
The marina is still very quiet, and there were plenty of spare moorings, although for spare read empty, as this place heaves come April.
Waiting sensibly until the ferry had gone, we slipped away into absolutely beautiful waters, I had forgotten just how blue the sea can be in the sun.
We took a run up the side of the bay, and round the corner to Cala Baix, my wife persuaded me to have my picture taken, not the jumper, as its still a little chilly in the wind /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
and of course I got my own back with a picture of Mrs Great Escape, well wrapped but enjoying the backdrop. There was a very gentle swell, so we decided to head back to calmer waters in the bay.
The sun was really warm, and once we anchored in Alcanada out came lunch, and we enjoyed a couple of hours of just watching the world go by and reading Karin Slaughter books.
After that the wind picked up to about F3, so we decided enough was enough and pottered back to Alcudia, managing a top speed on 20knots, over the usual 30knots, because of the fluffy bum.
Alcudia is pretty unique in Majorca as having a great sheltered marina, and wonderful beach, one of the longest on the island. We took an evening stroll, and this is the beach view from 100 yds from my boat
Finally after a nice cafe con leche, we watched the local fisherman catch absolutely nothing, and admired the sunset
And as a great end to the day, we had a nice display of red sky as the sun dipped awy behind the mountains
This is my third year in Majorca, and we have finally got the right moorings, right people and of course fuel at 1€ and a bit, it really has been a great start to the season
Martyn
We were pretty lucky with the weather, the previous week had been pretty blowy, and whilst the forecast was OK, the best day was the Friday, so everything was tidied up and ready to go.
We have had some problems with our throttles, so over the winter had complete new cables laid from the Flybridge (It would have been cheaper to have a new flybridge fitted time I did it all in parts - next time make note to just replace them with EDC and morse controls) and so a quick sea trial was in order.
First problem was they fitted the controls upside down, so the boat not only went the wrong way, it went the opposite way as well. Good job we tested them before we let the ropes go.
The engineer turned up within 10 minutes and made teh corrections, everything seemed tickety boo, and off we went.
In Alcudia they have built a new fast ferry terminal, and here you can see the huge Cat as it left for Barcelona between the yachts.
The marina is still very quiet, and there were plenty of spare moorings, although for spare read empty, as this place heaves come April.
Waiting sensibly until the ferry had gone, we slipped away into absolutely beautiful waters, I had forgotten just how blue the sea can be in the sun.
We took a run up the side of the bay, and round the corner to Cala Baix, my wife persuaded me to have my picture taken, not the jumper, as its still a little chilly in the wind /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
and of course I got my own back with a picture of Mrs Great Escape, well wrapped but enjoying the backdrop. There was a very gentle swell, so we decided to head back to calmer waters in the bay.
The sun was really warm, and once we anchored in Alcanada out came lunch, and we enjoyed a couple of hours of just watching the world go by and reading Karin Slaughter books.
After that the wind picked up to about F3, so we decided enough was enough and pottered back to Alcudia, managing a top speed on 20knots, over the usual 30knots, because of the fluffy bum.
Alcudia is pretty unique in Majorca as having a great sheltered marina, and wonderful beach, one of the longest on the island. We took an evening stroll, and this is the beach view from 100 yds from my boat
Finally after a nice cafe con leche, we watched the local fisherman catch absolutely nothing, and admired the sunset
And as a great end to the day, we had a nice display of red sky as the sun dipped awy behind the mountains
This is my third year in Majorca, and we have finally got the right moorings, right people and of course fuel at 1€ and a bit, it really has been a great start to the season
Martyn
