The destination of our YCC Cruise this year was Mallorca

Saturday, 7 th September 5 of us took the flight from Geneva to Palma. The 6 th person, Dennis was already in Palma, waiting for us. A reserved minibus brought us to Porto Colom were we took over. the Alcor, our chartered 2 years old Sun Odyssey 44i.

Sunday, 8 th September We discovered some problems with the anchor winch We decided to leave Porto Colom for the day, make some anchor maneuvers by hand in one of these nice bays but also swim and snorkel a bit ! We came back to Porto Colom in the evening, to get the electrical winch repaired next Monday morning.

Monday, 9 th September Early at 8 o’clock, 2 specialists came to solve the winch problem 15 minutes later we were ready to quit Porto Colom again, with destination Cabrera, a protected island, a few miles south east of Mallorca.

Tuesday, 10 th September After a quite night, attached to a buoy, which was reserved for us the day before, we left Cabrera with direction NNE. We sailed along the east cost of Mallorca just as it became time to find shelter for the night. We decided to spend the night at Porto Christo where would have the possibility to find a restaurant for a good Paela.

Wednesday, 11 th September After breakfast in the morning, we left Porto Christo at about 10:00 with destination Alcudia. As we arrived at the open water, a strong mistral hit us with 2 meter high waves and a wind of 5 to 6 Bf. Some of us had to fight with seasickness but as we arrived in the marina of Alcudia, everybody was fine again.

Thursday, 12 th September After breakfast with scrambled eggs, English Style, made by Dennis, we left Alcudia in the late morning to begin our way back homewards. We had 2 days to be back to our final destination and we decided to make a maximum of miles this day and be relaxed the next and last day. This evening we found a good, wind protected place for the night. After anchor maneuver and anchor schluck, Dan tried to provide us a sea food dinner.

Friday, 13 th September The first few hours we had no wind and we were obliged to put the motor on. This was not very exiting. But few of us found a way to make it exiting.

Friday, 13 th September At lunch time we stopped in a small bay, a very nice place for swimming and relaxing. But the time advanced and we had to finish the last 10 miles back to Porto Colom where we arrived at time.

THANKS ! We had a nice week, a lot of fun, 6 different nationalities......never a problem and always a very good atmosphere. I would like to say thank you to our crew member for this sailing week It would be a great pleasure to sail again with them.