Heading South - Follow the bear
| Vessel Name: | Symphony |
| Vessel Make/Model: | Beneteau Oceanis 343 Clipper |
| Hailing Port: | Hamble |
| Crew: | Steven & Lisa-Ann |
16 March 2022 | Sant Carles De La Rapita
Hasta luego Symphony, muchas gracias, love Steven & Lisa xx
We have returned to Spain to meet the new owners of Symphony, Arek and Iwona, to run through all her systems.
19 October 2021 | Sant Carles De La Rapita
We're back, overalls in hand!
As quick reminder, at the end of the season in 2019, we decided Symphony would be put on the market and we would start the process of buying/fitting out a blue water yacht to head off into the yonder. Well, what with Covid-19, the restrictive lockdowns over the last two years and life in general we have [...]
09 September 2019 | Sant Carles De La Rapita
A round up of our Balearic Islands and Western Mediterranean Spain Cruise
A round up of our Balearic Islands and Western Mediterranean Spain Cruise
08 September 2019 | Sant Carles De La Rapita
Our month at Sant Carles
Well, it is true to say, August in the Western Mediterranean becomes very, very busy and expensive. The Balearic Islands during this time are infiltrated with French & Italians all willing to pay vast amounts of euros to stay anywhere here. Even the mainland, north above Barcelona, leans to French Riviera [...]
07 September 2019 | Sant Carles De La Rapita
Dia de Arroz
Dia de Arroz translates to "day of the rice" and is essentially Sant Carles De La Rapita's harvest festival.
30 August 2019 | Sant Carles De La Rapita
What a feast & Steven becomes an apprentice
Not content with taking us out on their boat, Jordi and Rosa kindly invited us to their home to celebrate the Fiesta de Santa Rosa.
Seaplane overhead - Water vapour in the skies
We have noticed part of the Cala towards the East has remained empty. The reason shortly became obvious as we saw the firefighting seaplane collecting water from this empty stretch and then headed north to help tackle a wildfire. This continued to happen for about an hour with many sorties. It is wonderful to see the skill of the pilot.
All around the island, there are signs of the dangers of flames (lit cigarettes, barbecues that haven't been properly dowsed etc.) and clearly these warnings had not been heeded. The countryside is tinder dry and it would take very little to ignite it.
Thanks to these guys for doing a great job!
