Ibiza

Anchorage in the bay of San Antonio

5^th May We’ve finally made it to Ibiza! We left Alicante on 1^st May and sailed up the coast to Denia, where we waited for a few days for fair winds for the 50 mile crossing to Ibiza. While we were  there we met up with Mike, another of the cruisers from Cartagena, who has decided to make Denia his summer base.

We left Denia early this morning and were greeted by a pod of dolphins as we sailed out of the bay. After an hour or so the wind got up and we had a cracking sail on a broad reach all the way to Ibiza. We are now anchored in the bay of San Antonio, which is described by Time Out as ‘the clubbing capital of the Universe’. Luckily the clubbers haven't arrived yet, and all is very peaceful here.



Portinatx

6^th May Our plan was to sail south west to the island of Formentera today, but the winds were against us. They were forecast to blow from the south west for the next few days so we decided to make the most of them and head north east.

We had a lovely, gentle, downwind sail in the shadow of towering cliffs and pine covered mountains and are now anchored off the beach in the pretty bay of Portinatx on the north of the island. The water is crystal clear and we were tempted to go for a swim, but on closer inspection we saw that the sea is full of small red jelly fish with very long tentacles, so we settled for a walk ashore instead.