5 July 2026 at 09:09
Ifac to Cala de Portinatx, Spain

Snow Goose of London
Hanse 460
Tracey Cole
@traceyc
Mark Cole
Gosh that was a long day. Started off wasting an hour (not recorded) trying to get the self service fuel machine to accept our cards - none worked, even with the help of a local. An hour spent there whilst Mark got more & more frustrated. Decided enough was enough so set off. Very calm wind and sea with little on offer for entertainment. Did see the fighting fish again, may even have attached a video 🤞🏻. A bit of grass and waste passed us by but virtually nothing to see in all our time. Cheese & ham (chicken for me) & salad rolls for lunch. Drank so much water to keep hydrated. Felt like forever getting past San Antonio but finally made it to our anchorage. Several massive boats in here all with jet skis, paddle boards etc with garages on different levels - totally out of our league BUT there was space for us thankfully. Anchor dragged the first time, think I put too much chain down in one go but second time seemed better until we could see the anchor right next to us, it too had dragged but dug in on its way really deep so we’re nice and secure the water was that clear and still you could clearly see the bottom and all the fish darting about. Mark had a swim while I cooked up some supper (spaghetti with homemade tomato & veg sauce) delicious or I was just starving 🤪 we settled down for night expecting to watch the footie but both fell asleep. Went down to bed and I woke at 4 something to find Mark watching the last 5 minutes - we’d only gone and beaten Mexico in Mexico, well done boys I was not expecting that. Here for another night then should be heading to Majorca unless our plans change 🤞🏻




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