Two
weeks sailing from Mallorca
– Ibiza – Cabrera and back to Palma de Mallorca
(first
week)
Saturday
Checkin
and shopping. Supermarkets are close and Palma is worth some hours
shopping. Recommended is a short trip to get used to
the boat - free berthing in home-base! Evenings: visit the old town
of Palma de Mallorca and enjoy one of Mallorca´s famous places, a
"cellar" (reservation of a table recommended)
Sunday
Sailing
from Palma in westerly direction to Port d´Antratx – the village
of the rich and famous, with a nice natural harbourt, a beautiful
luxurious Marina full with exclusive boats and an ideal spot for
sailing to Barcelona, Valencia or Ibiza (as
recommended here)
distance about 23 nm – sailing duration about 4-5 hours
Monday
The
day brings your from Port
d´Antratx to Ibiza city. distance about 45 nm – duration.
8-9 hours
Tuesday
Circle
around the island of Ibiza to the harbour of San
Antonio Abad. distance about 32 nm – duration about 7-8 hours
Wednesday
Next
destination is La Sabina on the small island of Formentera – it´s
the only port of the island. If weather and time are good, it´s
recommended to sail around Formentera and enjoy some time on anchorage
at one of the beautiful sandy beaches
distance about 22 / 35 nm – duration about 4-5 hours / 7-8 hours
Thursday
Northeasterly
to the island of Cabrera,
the natural preserved area has limitations for moorings - in summer
ask a permit early, because the Coast Guard sends all boats without
permit out...no matter what time and weather!
distance
about 60 nm – duration about 11-12 hours
Friday
From
Cabrera sail over to the Mallorca port of Porto
Cristo. distance about 36 nm – duration about 7-8 hours
Mallorca
– Menorca (second week)
Saturday
From Porto
Cristo you can easily reach Mahón on Menorca distance about
40 nm – duration about 8 hours - in case of MISTRAL be careful
and better wait for easier wind conditions. Mistral can be 8-10 Bft!
Sunday
From Mahón
it´s a good sailing day to Ciutadela. distance about
35 nm – duration about 7-8 hours
Monday
Back
from Menorca
to the northeastern mallorcan Port Pollensa. distance about
28 nm – duration about 5-6 hours
Tuesday
The
most northeastern point of Mallorca is Cabo
Formentor , from where one sails along the superb mountain coastline
of northern Mallorca to Puerto de Sóller – the oly harbour on the
northern coast. The portside is nice, but the bars and restaurants
on the harbourside and close to the ferry-stops are very expensive
at very low quality! Some nice restaurants are about 300m away
on the inner bayside, where you can find several nice places. One
of it is directly on the beach (follow the bay-curve to it´s beach-end!),
the place
and
quality-price-ratio
is ok and the ambiance is very nice!
distance about 32 nm – duration about 7-8 hours
Take
the old street-train and visit the city of Soller 3km away (2.50
€/oneway). There is a nice old spanish city to be seen, several
bars and restaurants. If you have some more time, enjoy a walk
to the small villages of Fornalutx and Binairitx (2-3 km walking
through fields, very nice). One can as well take the train to Mallorca
(45 minutes) from the train station, where you can visit an exhibition
of modern spanish artists like
Picasso and others!
Wednesday
Next
stop is Port
d´Andratx or the 5 nm further lying port of Santa Ponsa. distance about
27 / 32 nm – duration about 4-6 hours
Thursday
the
last day is an easy trip to Palma distance about
17 nm – duration about 3-4 hours
Friday
...no
we did not make a mistake!
We
kept 1 spare-day, because on a trip like that there are many
things, that can happen - we recommend to schedule the same cautious
way, and better enjoy another day relaxed on one of the beautiful
beaches between Puerto Andratx or in Andratx, than coming in
trouble, because weather conditions make it hard to reach homeport!
Note, that the gas-station in Palma de Mallorca
is full usually on Fridays and that can cause VERY LONG
WAITINGTIME! It is recommended
to fill the fuel-tank in Puerto Portals.
The
whole trip counts about 400 nm, but tacking, excursions and other
modifications can make it usually a trip of 480 nm - 520 nm
This
informations is provided C by
Ermar Yachting |
