The trip over to San Antonio on the west coast of Ibiza was event free; 
there was little wind so I motored most of the way dropping anchor in the bay about 6p.m. There is something very peaceful about swaying gently at anchor, its quiet there is always something to watch, normally the French making a mess of anchoring or the attractive German lady on the next boat who does yoga in a thong every morning, the wind is always on the bow so you get a nice draft through the boat and I sleep like the dead. I use my solar panel to keep the batteries topped up, I fill my water cans up from the beach showers which I also wash in 
and I potter around in my dinghy…..picking up the papers or something for lunch or a couple of beers so I can sit in the cockpit and watch the sun go down. I’m surrounded by 50 or 60 other boats doing the same, it feels like proper sailing and I love it.
San Antonio is exactly what you would expect, its full of people intent on enjoying themselves to the full and if you walk along the front at about 11 a.m. you see the living dead slumped on café chairs or on the beach but as the sun goes dow
n and the neon lights start to flash so the living dead come alive and pour into the clubs which San Antonio is famous for and they party until dawn when they return to there comatose state.
I think I found the apartment block I stayed in when I was about 4, do you agree Nick?
Debbie is due to fly in on Wednesday and its been too long since I’ve seen her last, we plan to sail to a little bay on the north of the island then over to Port Andratx on Mallorca then the final trip along the coast to Palma where hopefully I will find somewhere to leave the boat until I can sort out a permanent mooring. Our good friends Gill & Robert are coming out on the 2nd October for a few days so I have plenty of time to get things sorted. Did I mention that the water temperature here is 29.6 degs C? Well I’m going for a swim now and I’ll float around doing my now famous manatee impression
there was little wind so I motored most of the way dropping anchor in the bay about 6p.m. There is something very peaceful about swaying gently at anchor, its quiet there is always something to watch, normally the French making a mess of anchoring or the attractive German lady on the next boat who does yoga in a thong every morning, the wind is always on the bow so you get a nice draft through the boat and I sleep like the dead. I use my solar panel to keep the batteries topped up, I fill my water cans up from the beach showers which I also wash in 
and I potter around in my dinghy…..picking up the papers or something for lunch or a couple of beers so I can sit in the cockpit and watch the sun go down. I’m surrounded by 50 or 60 other boats doing the same, it feels like proper sailing and I love it.San Antonio is exactly what you would expect, its full of people intent on enjoying themselves to the full and if you walk along the front at about 11 a.m. you see the living dead slumped on café chairs or on the beach but as the sun goes dow
n and the neon lights start to flash so the living dead come alive and pour into the clubs which San Antonio is famous for and they party until dawn when they return to there comatose state.I think I found the apartment block I stayed in when I was about 4, do you agree Nick?
Debbie is due to fly in on Wednesday and its been too long since I’ve seen her last, we plan to sail to a little bay on the north of the island then over to Port Andratx on Mallorca then the final trip along the coast to Palma where hopefully I will find somewhere to leave the boat until I can sort out a permanent mooring. Our good friends Gill & Robert are coming out on the 2nd October for a few days so I have plenty of time to get things sorted. Did I mention that the water temperature here is 29.6 degs C? Well I’m going for a swim now and I’ll float around doing my now famous manatee impression
2 comments:
eden foam party here we come!....
cant wait David Haworth.x
Hi David,
Well done on reaching Ibiza- it must be a great feeling to rendezvous with Debbie in the Med. You enjoy yourselves, you deserve it!
Have a good crossing to Majorca...and I hope the weather quietens down for you!
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