Calamari for dinner
11 June 2012 | Portinax Ibiza
Tracey
Portinax
Spent the last couple of days in Portinax, had a bit of a drama when we got here as we discovered that we had used the entire back tank of water in one night & although we have the water maker, it was a little disconcerting to go through 200 litres of water in one night. So up came the floor boards again! Richard had spent most of the night before clearing the water out of the bilge, which is what ticked us off about the problem as it kept on trying to empty all the water. The next morning Richard set out trying logically to see whether the leak came from the water maker side or the domestic side. After tracking it back to one of the back bedrooms, we then discovered it was even further back, which meant the back of the boat. It then became clear to him that it was the shower on the back of the boat on the swim platform. It had developed a dodgy spray and had not shut off properly and had slowly but surely being trickling quite rapidly back on it's self back into the boat & then into the hull. Another learning curve.... Fortunately it was not that serious, so yesterday for most of the day we had to have the genny on to refill our water tank. Then to cap it all last night, we started to slip anchor. There were 2 yachts in the bay over 45 ft and both of us had the same issue. We had to move twice & it is a little eerie when you see the rock face of the bank a lot closer than it should be. The pilot books do say it the bay does not have the best holding. Anyway after much contemplating by both boats we feel we had the anchor set. The smaller boats did not seem to have the problem. Though saying that, tonight a little 32 ft came in and after dropping anchor and going a shore about an hour later they made a dash back to their boat as they were slipping quite a quickly. Fortunately for them, they got round a mooring buoy, which are available for the smaller boats.
Last night we had a night on the town with a nice dinner. Richard thought a break from fish would be nice, so a little duck for dinner & a little champers to boot. We spent today enjoying Portinax bay, by snorkelling, lying in the hammock, and on the li-lo, an enjoyable day had by both of us. Richard also disappeared into the rocks and came back with a huge squid and an octopus, which we had for dinner & there is enough for tomorrow nights dinner.
Planning on making an early get away and heading over to Majorca tomorrow morning, Richard reckons 6am get away......mmmm I think 8 would be nicer. Plenty time to get to Majorca for about 5 tomorrow night.