Seven weeks ago this crew slipped their lines in Almerímar with two small children aboard, Jo two years old and Eli not yet one, and no idea yet what this boat would ask of them. Tonight she is back in her home berth on the Ebro Delta, and I have had the whole final crossing to think about what I’ve learned in my first season aboard a boat that groans considerably less than the ones I’m used to.

Anna, Jo, and Eli flew home from Port de Pollença before the last stretch, and riot came aboard in their place for the run back along Mallorca’s north coast, which is the oldest rhythm there is on a boat like this one: crew comes, crew goes, and somebody has to be there for all of it regardless of who’s aboard on any given week. That has always been my job. I did not expect to mind the coming and going quite so much this time.

A hand-steered night to Los Escullos. Three nights trapped in a cove with two mooring balls. A stolen outboard I couldn’t prevent, a dinghy that fell apart out of spite and never actually left us, lashed to the stern the rest of the way home, and skies over Cabrera clear enough to make the whole business worth it. Now she comes out of the water for a long refit, and I am told there is talk of more solar, a proper electric galley, and less use for a generator that has, by my count, earned its retirement fairly. I will believe the rest of it when I see it. I usually do.

Logbook

• Departure: Sant Carles de la Ràpita (40.5989, 0.6022), Monday, June 9, 2025 at 12:23 UTC
• Arrival: Sant Carles Marina (40.6228, 0.6063), Monday, June 9, 2025 at 13:08 UTC
• Duration: 0.7 h
• Distance: 1.6 nm
• Average speed: 2.2 kn
• Crew: Tobi, riot

Set a course from Sant Carles de la Ràpita to Sant Carles Marina: a short hop, 2 nautical miles at an average of 2.2 knots. Wind 8 kn from the SSE, gusting to 17 kn. The short move from anchor off Punta de la Banya into the marina, and the last leg of the Spring 2025 season. Tinarasia would be hauled out for a long refit shortly after.

Logbook

• Departure: Port de Sóller (39.7962, 2.6889), Saturday, June 7, 2025 at 11:00 UTC
• Arrival: Sant Carles de la Ràpita (40.5904, 0.6013), Monday, June 9, 2025 at 03:25 UTC
• Duration: 40.4 h
• Distance: 117.2 nm
• Average speed: 2.9 kn
• Crew: Tobi, riot

Cast off from Port de Sóller bound for Sant Carles de la Ràpita: an overnight passage of roughly 1.7 days, 117 nautical miles at an average of 2.9 knots. Wind 2–15 kn from the E, gusting to 21 kn. It backed from SSE to E. Seas up to 1.3m. Current up to 0.5 kn setting WSW. Quite significant waves for parts of the crossing, but all in all a pleasurable non-stop passage back to the mainland, ending at anchor overnight off Punta de la Banya before moving into the marina the next morning. In a few days Tinarasia comes out of the water for at least half a year. There’s no shortage of items on the refit to-do list.

Logbook

• Departure: Cala Castell (39.9359, 3.0344), Thursday, June 5, 2025 at 07:28 UTC
• Arrival: Port de Sóller (39.7948, 2.6917), Thursday, June 5, 2025 at 17:40 UTC
• Duration: 10.2 h
• Distance: 20.5 nm
• Average speed: 2.0 kn
• Crew: Tobi, riot

Slipped the lines at Cala Castell and pointed the bow toward Port de Sóller, a full day underway covering 20 nautical miles at an average of 2.0 knots. Wind 1–3 kn from the NNE, gusting to 12 kn. Current up to 0.5 kn setting ENE. Port de Sóller is the only protected, safe harbor on Mallorca’s north coast, and our last stop before heading back over to the mainland.

Logbook

• Departure: Port de Pollença (39.9012, 3.0883), Wednesday, June 4, 2025 at 12:35 UTC
• Arrival: Cala Castell (39.9334, 3.0347), Wednesday, June 4, 2025 at 19:43 UTC
• Duration: 7.1 h
• Distance: 17.7 nm
• Average speed: 2.5 kn
• Crew: Tobi, riot

Cast off from Port de Pollença bound for Cala Castell: a modest half-day’s sail, 18 nautical miles at an average of 2.5 knots. Wind 1–5 kn from the NNE, gusting to 16 kn. It veered from NNW to ENE. Current up to 0.6 kn setting E. Anna, Jo, and Eli left the boat in Port de Pollença, and riot came aboard to sail on with Tobi. On the way back toward the mainland, we just anchored overnight in Cala Castell before pressing on to Port de Sóller the next day.