Alicante to Ibiza

Alicante to Ibiza – Sunday 23rd August 2009

We are so glad to be back on board! Although it was fun to catch up with people back in Jersey, we missed our life on Zaffina and we had huge grins on our faces when we landed in Spain. We just spent one night in Alicante before heading out into a mixed sea early on Sunday morning. With the swell from the east and the wind from the west – or was it the other way around? – the surface was a bit bumpy but things evened out pretty quickly as we sped on our way, following the Spanish coast before branching out into open sea and towards the Balearics. A few flying fish accompanied us along the way and there were some ominous looking greeny-brown jellyfish in the water near Spain but fewer of them as we left the mainland behind.
The journey took around 5 hours but instead of going straight into port, we diverted to the beautiful beach at Espelmador, off Formentera where we anchored off then took the dinghy shore. It was just the most perfect beach: white, white soft sand, no litter, and clear, clean turquoise waters, gorgeous! It was with great reluctance that we dragged ourselves back to the boat and lifted the anchor in the late afternoon, before heading across the channel to Ibiza. We were booked into one of the town marinas but as we approached, we realised the space we had been allocated was horribly exposed and that we would have a bumpy and unpleasant night, so we turned tail and went instead into Botafoch Marina. Here everything went smoothly, until Frank got the bill for our stay. Suffice to say, we assumed that we had bought a timeshare not simply paid for one night. We’ll have to be on minimal rations for at least the next fortnight to recoup the charge!