It had been blowing a strong northerly for a couple of days so we decided to head up to the north of the island to see if there were any good waves.

Fornells is a beautiful old fishing town that now has lots of restaurants and café’s to relax in around its harbour. It is situated just inside the largest bay on the island that has a very narrow entrance so is very sheltered from the strong Tramontana’s that sweep down from the south of France.

We are just back from Palma, Mallorca having spent just over two weeks getting Concerto ready for the new season.

It was a pretty rough trip across from Mahon with large waves and strong winds and although Concerto looked after wards we were very happy to berth up in Puerto Portals just south east of Palma city. We later heard that a cruise ship only 50 nm away had hit a large wave that smashed in windows and killed two people during the same night, another reminder that the med isn’t always benign!

Concerto was hauled out the water and safely chocked up on the shore before we had a look around all the underwater fittings which were all serviced before the usual antifouling and then the topsides and deck was polished with a new product 1/3 of the price of a previous product so we will see how long that lasts. She looks fantastic though.

Palma was an amazing place to get spare parts though so a lot of small jobs were completed. I don’t think Concerto has ever had such a small job list!

So, that’s us, I’m really looking forward to starting the season proper now.

Gordon