Views of South East Mallorca

After this post, our blog posts will have almost caught up to the video timeline! ;) Sometimes after our stay in the bay of Palma, we realized that in terms of time, we could either stay a little bit longer in Mallorca and thoroughly explore its East and North coast, or go through it as fast as possible to have time to visit Menorca. We asked our Patrons what they think and they massively voted for Menorca.Since we had to sail along the East coast of Mallorca to join Menorca, we still got to enjoy some stunning anchorages and views! So here comes a piece of our sail along Eastern Mallorca :)And to begin with, this is our first-ever aerial shot of Polar Seal underway!I was so stressed about the process of launching the drone at sea that I completely messed up the settings of the camera, and was left with this only photo of Polar Seal, made grainy by a very high aperture compensated by a very high ISO (the photographers among us will know what I mean ;))My legs were still shaking for a good 15 minutes after we recovered the drone. But the sail was brilliant, with 15 knots blowing at a comfortable close-haul. So comfortable that the Captain went on the foredeck to take a nap and soak up the views! We arrived in Colonia Sant Jordi just in time for a stunning sunset... ... and some incredible view over the Cabrera Islands, a natural reserve South of Mallorca.The captain enjoying the surroundings! The next day started with a peaceful morning at anchorage... ... and the Cabrera islands clearly appearing on the horizon.Again, it was time to move on and leave Colonia de Sant Jordi. As depicted in "The quiet(ish) beauty of Eastern Mallorca", we didn't know where we were going to drop our anchor that day, and set ourselves to explore a few alternatives.After visiting a crowded cove that we couldn't anchor in, we decided to try Portocolom, where mooring buoys cost 27€ a night. We were greeted by this beautiful lighthouse and immediately fell in love with the place.So much so that instead of staying one night and leaving immediately as we planned, we decided to spend a couple of days and check out the aera. And we are happy we did! After two days, we left our mooring buoy and started to make our way farther North... In our next blog post, I will take you to Cala Moltó, which was our absolute favorite anchorage on the island of Mallorca. Stay tuned!