Cala Trebeluja

Leaving Cala Taulera   

Charlotte and I spent the morning of Saturday 5 August in Mahón whilst Nicky prepared BV for sea. When we got back it didn’t take long to pack the dinghy away, so we were motoring out of Cala Taulera at midday.

The forts protecting Mahón around Cala Taulera   

We left by the main channel into the cala which gave us another good view of the forts which protected Mahón.

Isla del Aire passage   

Our plan was to move around to the south coast of Menorca and find a suitable cala in which to spend the night. The route took us through the Isla del Aire passage again but this time it seemed to glow turquoise even more strongly in the bright sunshine.

Charlotte of course loved it and got some great holiday snaps from her vantage point on the bow seat.

Villas overlooking Isla del Aire passage   

The villas up to our right certainly have one of the best views in Menorca.

Continuing west along the south coast of Menorca we passed lots of lovely little calas and enjoyed looking at the rocky coastline riddled with caves.

Cala Porte   

Cala Porte was a potential stopping point for us and is particularly interesting because the caves up to the right of the entrance are accessible by steps. One is a restaurant and another looked like a night club with a stage and lighting. The cala itself was quite full though, so we decided to move a little further west.

A bright turquoise patch of sand just east of Punta D’Atalix caught our eye and we decided to stop there for a late lunch and swim. The humidity had dropped but it was still very warm, so a swim seemed like a great idea. However, when we dropped the sail we discovered that there was a 20cm tear in the fabric high up on the luff.

Sail repairs off Punta D’Atalix   

Nicky and my swim was put on hold whilst we removed enough of the sail to work on it. We dug out the sewing machine from the depths of the machinery space and were able to make a good patch repair. After bending the sail back on and putting away the sewing machine and all of the clobber that lives in front of it we definitely needed that swim!

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Sail repaired and cooling swim complete, we moved on to Cala Trebeluja, 3 miles further up the coast. The cala was already fairly full of yachts but we found a space [Ed: and we had an even better space a little later on when a large catamaran left and we took over her spot!]. The yachts were all nicely spaced out which was good because the light wind came from all directions during the evening. Cala Trebeluja worked out as a good overnight anchorage and was also our stepping off point for our passage to Mallorca the following day.

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Cala Trebeluja, Menorca, Spain