Happy Christmas from all of us at Sant Carles

Great Video Card. Really cheered me up this morning.
Bet it's nicer there than here at the moment.

Happy Xmas to you guys too. :encouragement:
 
Great card and seasons greetings from Falmouth...we will be driving through Sant Carles on the 27th, do you know of any good restaurants that will be open?
Hoping to have a wander around the marina and whet the appetite for a med move in a couple of seasons time :)
 
Nigelpickin said:
Great card and seasons greetings from Falmouth...we will be driving through Sant Carles on the 27th, do you know of any good restaurants that will be open?
Hoping to have a wander around the marina and whet the appetite for a med move in a couple of seasons time :)
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Have a look at this link
http://www.scmchat.com/extraweb/map/scmmapmin.php

This is a link to the interactive Mapping software that I wrote for our berth holders chat forum.
Since writing the software, numerous berth holders have contributed to interesting places near or connected to Sant Carles Marina.
Restaurants have their own section in this software so - take your pick.

Actually, the Miami Mar (Hotel and Restaurant) is always a good place to start - one of the best hotels in the area and a top restaurant for non-residents.
This link will take you to the Miami Mar's information and location
http://www.scmchat.com/extraweb/map/scmmapmin.php?poi=Miami Mar

One of my favorites is Cal Faiges
This link will take you directly to its location and information.
http://www.scmchat.com/extraweb/map/scmmapmin.php?poi=Cal Faiges

We are traveling out on the 2nd Feb by car/ferry - so will be there sometime on the 4th.
Don't often go by car but this time we are stocking up on spares etc (oh yes and a jetski)
 
Thanks Hurricane. Happy Christmas to all of JW crew too

I gotta say, SCMchat is one heck of a website now - much respect and congratulations to you

Jetski? Have the "kids" finally got their own way?! What model did you get?

Nigel I hope you have a good trip down there. But what's all this "in a coupe of seasons time" malarkey? I hope when you've seen the scene down there you get yourself down there next spring! Your boat will fit nicely on a lorry :D
 
Happy Christmas to you, Hurricane and all the St Carles inmates. Agree with jfm; that's an excellent website. Did you do that? Is it backs to the wall stuff in the Bar El Coc?
 
Nigelpickin said:
I have an Operations Manager in training and a sabbatical booked for spring 2015! No way I am letting a truck take the fun out of the trip :)
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Hmmm... let me think about that...

8 days if you're lucky, 200 miles a day (=hardcore) of grey seasicky sea. Hardcore fuel stop planning. £10k of fuel. One day of engine servicing and £2k for that.

versus

8 days (like for like) sitting on your boat at anchor, chilling, whizzing over to Ibiza and back. Also £10k, being the TOTAL of the lorry fare and the Ibiza fuel. £2k spent on restaurants and wine and chilling and new bikinis for Mrs P

Just sayin' :D :D :D

Ref the trip, I need to refer you to my cream cake principle. I love cream cakes and surely you do too. If I offer you a cream cake you'd probably say "Ooh thank you jfm, that is very nice of you". But if I've force fed you with 9 cream cakes one after the other, and then offer you a 10th, you'd think "Oh, ferrchrissakes jfm, will you sod off with those cream cakes because I'm feeling a bit sick now mate"

200miles in a day at sea in a 50er mobo is a cream cake
 
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For those interested, the forum was put together using the popular SMF Open Source forum software.
I put the bones of it together about 5 years ago and have enhanced it several times since then.
The reason for a forum seemed obvious - I was walking around the marina in the early days and a friend asked me if I would like to join his email circular.
I asked him what I'd missed in all the previous emails - he couldn't answer so I suggested that we needed a forum.
Since then he, I and two others have managed the site - completely self funded.
In the early days, we hosted it on some spare web space but it soon out grew that.
Nowadays, we have a Paypal account and just ask for a "whip round" when the internet fees are due.
All very small money - and voluntary funding more than covers the expense.
A few times, we have been approached by commercial organisations for sponsorship or to carry advertisements.
We have always resisted - so as to keep it OUR discussion forum without influence from anyone.
Incidentally, we actually exclude MDL employees from joining.
This works two ways - it means that the marina manager doesn't feel/isn't bound to comment on anything controversial and it means that we are free to say what we like.

Every time that I've updated the software, I have maintained a "no cost" (and I mean NO COST) approach.
This means that I have had to search the Open Source projects or write the applications myself.

The Mapping software "linked to" above is just such an upgrade.
I released it for use last winter and it has been working well since.

For those of you technically interested, it is, essentiall, a client / server application.
The client is a web browser - the server is the same service that we use for the forum.
Server software is written using PHP and the underlying databases are MySQL.
The client software addresses the screen using HTML and javascript/jquery handle the inelegance within the browser.
It makes extensive use of refreshing elements of the screen without "Posting" a fresh page to the browser.
These techniques use Ajax and Jason technologies to communicate between the two processes.
Of course Google Maps API is used extensively to do all the difficult mapping "donkey work".

The links that I posted above are for general use and you cannot modify our map database.
However SCMCHAT forum members can add, modify and thus share interesting locations using their forum usernames.
Our forum moderators approve new locations that get added.

Maybe that answers some of the questions.
 
jfm said:
Hmmm... let me think about that...

8 days if you're lucky, 200 miles a day (=hardcore) of grey seasicky sea. Hardcore fuel stop planning. £10k of fuel. One day of engine servicing and £2k for that.

versus

8 days (like for like) sitting on your boat at anchor, chilling, whizzing over to Ibiza and back. Also £10k, being the TOTAL of the lorry fare and the Ibiza fuel. £2k spent on restaurants and wine and chilling and new bikinis for Mrs P

Just sayin' :D :D :D

Ref the trip, I need to refer you to my cream cake principle. I love cream cakes and surely you do too. If I offer you a cream cake you'd probably say "Ooh thank you jfm, that is very nice of you". But if I've force fed you with 9 cream cakes one after the other, and then offer you a 10th, you'd think "Oh, ferrchrissakes jfm, will you sod off with those cream cakes because I'm feeling a bit sick now mate"

200miles in a day at sea in a 50er mobo is a cream cake
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Not sure about that JFM - Everyone has their own take on this one.
It can be an adventure of a lifetime
I would recommend the transfer by sea - and maybe even take time over it.
After all, there is plenty of time when you get to the Med to do the cruising later as well.

So, the actual stats are - Torquay to Sant Carles - 7 days (including a relaxing (slow) day that we took between Duquessa and Banus.
Going from memory - it was 1705 miles
Cost us a bit less that £20,000 in fuel but that has gone up a little since then.
At teh same time the quotes for shipping to Palma were £26,000 and there would have been another £1500 fuel from Palma to SC.

Anyway, digging up old threads - here's the actual report - at the time
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?174931

So, my advice is - go for it.
 
jfm said:
Jetski? Have the "kids" finally got their own way?! What model did you get?
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It is a Sea Doo RXT 215hp
The actual Jetski is well known to several on this forum - in fact previous owner posts on here.
Lots to do before we leave with it - chocks - lifting harnesses - servicing - supercharger service.

BTW - I was going to put it onto the SSR for the journey to SC and possibly a good idea after - what do people think?
 
Hurricane said:
Not sure about that JFM - Everyone has their own take on this one.
It can be an adventure of a lifetime.
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All agreed - I was pulling Nigel's leg a bit and sure it is a personal choice. One big cost difference between your case and Nigel's is that a ship as big as Jenny Wren wouldn't go on a lorry whereas Prestige 50 foot will
 
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Hurricane said:
It is a Sea Doo RXT 215hp
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BTW - I was going to put it onto the SSR
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Bl000dy hell! Good going. The "kids" really did get their own way didn't they?! I have driven the mere 150hp version and it's a lot of fun. You've definitely picked the best make - Seadoo's fly by wire bucket and the water brake (it buckets into reverse as you squeeze the brake) are a lot of fun

Are you using one of those saddle things to lift it with the crane - the things that hook under the rubbing strake? If you are, take great care. I didn't get it perfectly CoG centred and the jetski was wet obviously, and the thing slips off fore or aft a bit too enthusiastically for my liking

I don't think I would ssr it. I would t/t decal it, then it is covered by mother ship's registration and insurance (such as the policy is - there will be limits of course)
 
Hurricane said:
Anyway, digging up old threads - here's the actual report - at the time
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?174931

So, my advice is - go for it.
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WOW...If Carlsberg wrote threads!

That gives me something to read on the crossing at the weekend, many thanks; again.
Our 'plan' woul be a three month trip with a three month 'acclimatisation' run down period at the marina of our choice.

God I love boats :)
 
jfm said:
Bl000dy hell! Good going. The "kids" really did get their own way didn't they?! I have driven the mere 150hp version and it's a lot of fun. You've definitely picked the best make - Seadoo's fly by wire bucket and the water brake (it buckets into reverse as you squeeze the brake) are a lot of fun

Are you using one of those saddle things to lift it with the crane - the things that hook under the rubbing strake? If you are, take great care. I didn't get it perfectly CoG centred and the jetski was wet obviously, and the thing slips off fore or aft a bit too enthusiastically for my liking

I don't think I would ssr it. I would t/t decal it, then it is covered by mother ship's registration and insurance (such as the policy is - there will be limits of course)
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Yep - fully agree - IMO those cradle things aren't fixed well enough.
I've just got back home from a visit to my local Sea Doo agent - wanted to ask some questions.
That cradle thing was one of the questions.
He showed me a Sea Doo with lifting hoops so thats what I will be doing - then make up a webbing strap with some carabinas.
That way there will also be some good fixing points to tie it down to the bathing platform.

Interesting about the SSR
Is it usual to have two T/Ts on a boat?

Actually, I will probably SSR it for the trailer journey down because it will probably go on its trailer and the whole thing on a friends larger trailer.
My friend asked me if I was going to SSR it so I probably will - just to make it easier for him.
 
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