Porto Colom, Mallorca

Andy and I have made it to Mallorca, Porto Colon. About 60 hours, a truly horrid crossing, 25kn behind us with 3m seas for the first day and a half, no moon, so a rather tough start for Andy! Then no wind and 3m swells which gradually died away so when we arrived it was nice and calm.

We are sitting here in the centre of a huge low, often there is a nice circle of sun on our harbour, but all around are huge clouds and lightning flashes every night. A bit of swell is starting to work it's way in and the harbourmaster wants us all to leave before the next big wind so he doesn't have to pick up the broken boats. Daryl, our neighbour on 'No Rehearsal', a rather comfortable and flash catamaran, says harbourmaster just wants to drive us into the marina and we should all stay put. It's nice to have a range of opinions!
This is the apparently rare Audouins Gull, he seems quite relaxed about it, perhaps the rarity is exaggerated?