CHARTER - MallorCa’S SoUtH
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CARAMBA, CHE CALA!
Today, we have a huge trip to make: All of six miles to Cala Pi! The
breeze remains quiet but even so, the day’s skipper, Detlef, decides:
Let’s sail! This turns out to be the discovery of slow motion
and we all enjoy the quiet but steady progress. The kid’s sit in one
of the sterns, feet dangling in the water, later we tow them behind
in the dinghy. Off Punta Plana, we take the dinghy to make
some pictures of the boat under sail. It doesn’t quite look like the
America’s Cup, but it very well demonstrates our slow down philosophy.
Just before Cala Pi, another catamaran overtakes us,
motoring at full steam, but who cares. We are confident and also
find a nice spot in this narrow inlet of a bay and while anchoring
and bringing a long stern-line ashore, we still have time to enjoy
a small manta ray who in turn seems to be watching us – a good
substitute for the dolphins that we promised to our kids but have
not yet seen. We have long settled in snugly and enjoyed our
first anchor drinks while the boat that overtook us outside is still
hectically manoeuvring, trying hard to set the anchor and fix the
stern line. After a long while they also succeed and stillness
finally descends onto this tight, fjord-like bay with its wonderful
turquoise and immensely clear water. Little wonder, we find, that
Cala Pi adorns so many cover pages of Mallorca magazines but,
with space being as restricted as it is here, there is no room for
boats to swing at anchor so stern lines ashore are an absolute
must. I also go ashore and climb the steep cliffs to the top to
take some pics for this article and I also get a good idea how
wonderful Mallorca must also be for hiking or biking. Back on
board, I arrive just in time for the sundowner on deck.
FRIDAY. WHAT? ALREADY FRIDAY!
This afternoon, we have to be back in Calanova with our catamaran.
How dreadful! It is not the distance but the realisation that
a week’s holiday is always way too short. Six-year-old Charly
refuses to accept the inevitable and counts the past days on her
fingers but no matter how often she repeats this, the result is
always the same: holidays are as good as over. So, back across
the bay, now with a nice summer breeze – we later check an
average speed of 5.6 knots, from Cabo Bianco to our last daytime
anchorage at Ill de sa Caleta. All the tiome, we envy the yachts
heading south: They have the best yet to come.
On the flight back I browse through a nicely made Mallorca
special edition of the German magazine Stern. A real estate
agent is quoted with the words: Town houses are becoming
increasingly popular. Poor Boris, he might be stuck with his rural
villa for even longer…
Text / Text: stefan Detjen
Fotos / Pictures: Regina Detjen, martin mut, www.portbook-mallorca.com,
www.mallorcas-schoene-seiten.de
We sailed a catamaran Bavaria Nautitec Open 40 from “Dream
Yacht Charter”. The trip was organised perfectly by the large
Germany charter agency Argos Yachtcharter, wich offers worldwide
charters and much more. www.argos-yachtcharter.de
Hotel Convent de la Missió in Palma
/www.portbook-mallorca.com
/www.mallorcas-schoene-seiten.de
/www.argos-yachtcharter.de
