Santa Ponsa to Portals

Santa Ponsa to Portals - Friday 28th August 2009

We had intended to set off fairly early in the morning, but as so often happens, we got side tracked and it wasn't until nearly midday that we meandered over to the fuelling pontoon to fill up. It could have been an interesting refuel, as a sleepy Vish (he and Greg had got home after a night clubbing at 5am) wandered into the cockpit and immediately lit up a cigarette! A quiet word in his persuaded him that this wasn't the most sensible thing to do in our present position!! We managed to refuel without incident and eased out of Santa Ponsa and around the coast towards Palma. Our journey was only a little over half an hour, over a lovely sea and passing such enthralling resorts as Magaluf (we decided to give it a miss, having heard from Vish and Greg exactly how tacky it was).
Portals is another fab marina - large and chocabloc with megayachts, it is a very popular harbour with shops, bars and restaurants all around (no MacDonalds here). Christian, Adam and Leonie arrived about 15 minutes after we'd tied up, so Zaffina is full to the brim now with 7 of us on board. Adam has volunteered to be squashed into the crew cabin, no easy feat for someone with an ankle injury who is walking with a stick!
Dinner as under the stars at a restaurant a stone's throw from where we are moored and was followed by drinks on the terrace at Wellies, the most famous - or infamous - bar here.