Mallorca to Ibiza

[BGS]

Planning to cross from Andratx to Ibiza Town on Sunday 14th Aug and return Thursday with my family. Aim to leave 10am latest and travel at 20knts. If anyone wants to join us for the crossing(s) give us a shout! Safety in numbers etc. Weather looks good for crossing at moment!

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

Have you got a berth reserved and a second mortgage to pay for it?

 

[Hurricane]

Santa Eulalia is a bit cheaper and MUCH nicer - IMO

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

Santa Eulalia is a bit cheaper and MUCH nicer - IMO

Agreed but almost as difficult to get into in August as the Ibiza Town marinas. One tactic is to park on the fuel berth around 17.30 and forget to move!

 

[Hurricane]

There is quite a nice anchorage just outside Santa Eulalia harbour which would be free if the weather's nice.

***** SEE!!! --- PICHERS *******






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[Deleted User YDKXO]

There is quite a nice anchorage just outside Santa Eulalia harbour which would be free if the weather's nice.

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Yes you're right. On the few occasions we visited St Eulalia, that anchorage looked quite exposed to the E wind and the ferries were hammering in and and out of their berth continuously

 

[Lozzer]

Agreed but almost as difficult to get into in August as the Ibiza Town marinas. One tactic is to park on the fuel berth around 17.30 and forget to move!

Mike

Dont know when you last tried that but I have never had any joy with it.... In fact one night I entered Botafoch at midnight thinking I would do what you suggest and was sent off rather rapidly.

Another time I tried to have dinner alongside in St. E and they too kicked me off, having filled up with fuel as well.

My suggestion is give the harbours a call, I have a friend who has a berth in St. E and he only comes in 2 or 3 nights a week so there are a few spaces..

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

Mike

Dont know when you last tried that but I have never had any joy with it.... In fact one night I entered Botafoch at midnight thinking I would do what you suggest and was sent off rather rapidly.

Another time I tried to have dinner alongside in St. E and they too kicked me off, having filled up with fuel as well.

My suggestion is give the harbours a call, I have a friend who has a berth in St. E and he only comes in 2 or 3 nights a week so there are a few spaces..

Lozzer in truth it worked once for me and thats all My experience with St Eulalia was that when you ring them to make a reservation, they say ring back at 17.30. When you ring back at 17.30 either the phone is engaged or nobody answers it. That was a few years ago; maybe they're more organised now. As ever with Med boating, there's nothing to beat just actually turning up and parking on the waiting quay as its harder to be ignored then. Of course, the odd €50 note works wonders but you have to find the right person and do it v discretely in Spain. My experience in some SoF marinas though is that it's the only way to get in

 

[Lozzer]

Certainly agree with SOF...

My friend is a charter skipper, he reckons he bungs St Trop at least €300 a night tip...

I also recall another friend leaving the odd case of champagne in the reception of Port Vauban...

I have it and refuse to get involved. Last year an owner I worked for paid €1000 for Ibiza Nueva, it stank like a toilet, what a waste of money.

personally I would check the weather and just anchor off. Unless of course you want to go to Pacha or any of the other places "to be seen"

I have been up and down the Med a few times this year and I honestly think that the quality is getting worse whilst prices increase.

Best marina I have visited all year Carlaforte.. Sardinia. I always make a point of going there as the staff are friendly, it is clean, some great places to eat and you can get fuel if you are are less than say 21m. Gets a bit tight in the entrance of the little fishing port where you fill up.

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

Best marina I have visited all year Carlaforte.. Sardinia. I always make a point of going there as the staff are friendly, it is clean, some great places to eat and you can get fuel if you are are less than say 21m. Gets a bit tight in the entrance of the little fishing port where you fill up.

Thats a coincedence but I think our fellow forumite Mapism parks his boat in Carloforte

 

[Hurricane]

Best marina I have visited all year Carlaforte.. Sardinia. I always make a point of going there as the staff are friendly, it is clean, some great places to eat and you can get fuel if you are are less than say 21m. Gets a bit tight in the entrance of the little fishing port where you fill up.

Agreed

I'd definately call in again if (when) we next go from west Med to east Med.

I have some more PICHERS

Taken by djefabs - the trip was a bit of a forum adventure.

RogerRat - sent off to measure the water depth at the fuel berth - maybe we should patent his echo sounder!!

The entrance to the fuel berth was, indeed, a bit scary!!!

The crew (mostly from the Wokingham group) did seem very effecient though

Sorry for th thread drift - nothing to do with Mallorca or Ibiza

 

[jfm]

I turned up at San Antonio last week with no reservation at abouty 9pm and got a nice berth for a 25m boat and it cost €460 for one night. Very nice/helpful marina staff

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

I turned up at San Antonio last week with no reservation at abouty 9pm and got a nice berth for a 25m boat and it cost €460 for one night. Very nice/helpful marina staff

San Antonio I didn't think you were the Club 18-30 disco queen type

 

[DougH]

San Antonio I didn't think you were the Club 18-30 disco queen type

jfm refuses to grow up and mature gracefully, just like the rest of us.

 

[jfm]

jfm refuses to grow up and mature gracefully, just like the rest of us.

Exactly DougH. I am approx 22 years old. Tcm was there too, living on his anchored cat, tanned and still wearing the stripey shirts and a killcord round his neck, totally refusing to grow up

 

[MapisM]

The entrance to the fuel berth was, indeed, a bit scary!!!

ROTFL, if you think that was tight, you should see how it's like around here these days...
My boat is usually the last on the main dock, at the corner with the wall which separates the main harbour from the smaller one where the fuel pump is located.
And with no thrusters at all, any sort of crosswind makes the maneuver a tad challenging.
Now, look at what they've been able to squeeze between my boat and the harbour wall, not later than yesterday!
Note that my boat doesn't have the port ground line, 'cause I had to borrow it to the Itama...
Luckily, the place only gets crowded like that for a couple of weeks in August!

It's a shame that I wasn't around when you passed (during your return trip from Malta, IIRC?).
Hope to meet you the next time you'll be heading towards this area again! Same goes for other forumites, of course.

PS: just FYI, since I know that most non-IT boaters are unaware of this: the proper IT courtesy flag doesn't have the shield with the four squares of the maritime republics inside the white band. Only IT registered boats are allowed to fly that...

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

Exactly DougH. I am approx 22 years old. Tcm was there too, living on his anchored cat, tanned and still wearing the stripey shirts and a killcord round his neck, totally refusing to grow up

and his red/purple full length leather jacket? That would be the height of fashion in S Antonio's discos (on '70's nights anyway)

 

[BGS]

Ibiza Trip

Eventually arrived Ibiza. No spaces in any marina except Club Nautico. Booked 4 nights at 250 Euros per night. After one horrible night with permanent severe ferry wash, decided would rather lose the money and go elsewhere. Called at Botafoch in morning, no spaces. Called back at 5pm after day in Salinas, space available! Fab marina 200 Euros per night. Lovely place to stay. Highly recommend. Steer clear of Club Nautico and if you do go, be prepared to moot at Lear 2 meters off pontoon and use long plank of wood to reach shore. Also be ready for massive ferry surge all through day.

Thanks to all for advice.

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

Eventually arrived Ibiza. No spaces in any marina except Club Nautico. Booked 4 nights at 250 Euros per night. After one horrible night with permanent severe ferry wash, decided would rather lose the money and go elsewhere. Called at Botafoch in morning, no spaces. Called back at 5pm after day in Salinas, space available! Fab marina 200 Euros per night. Lovely place to stay. Highly recommend. Steer clear of Club Nautico and if you do go, be prepared to moot at Lear 2 meters off pontoon and use long plank of wood to reach shore. Also be ready for massive ferry surge all through day.

Thanks to all for advice.

Club Nautico is ****e. Do you still have to use your anchor and are the quays still crumbling and are there lumps of concrete in the water? Botafoch is nice as you say but a few years ago, they treated me very badly. I had engine problems and I overstayed my agreed period in the berth. I pleaded with them to let me have one more night as an engineer was coming in the morning with a part but they just towed me out of the marina with their RIB and dumped me behind the breakwater.

 

[BGS]

Nautico now has bow lines with lazy lines at the quay. The lumps of concrete under the water remain and are whole sections of the quay with concrete shelves under water just waiting to wreck your sterngear. If you manage to avoid it on berthing, there's a good chance it'll get you when the massive ferry surge lunges you back to the quay. Every other boat warned me to moor three meters off to avoid damage. I complained and asked fir a refund for the three nights I didn't stay. You guessed it...they refused. The marina really should be avoided. You are far better on anchor.

Botafoch were great with us but your experience, sounds horrendous. UK boaters think they have it bad!