Winter coming

The above collage is made up of some images from my recent cruise to the other side of the island. The friends are Sue, Francoise and Albert. The fisherman, who is sitting in the chair, told me about the trouble the dolphins cause by ripping the nets. And he also said that there are whales in the Mediterranean. I haven't seen any yet. Dolphins, yes. Wish they could co-exist peacefully with the fishermen.

And so today I moved to my winter spot at the docks. The space is only on the other side of the pontoon but required a half hour's work taking the sunshade off, unplugging power, stowing the laptop, untying lines, motoring around the docks and then re-doing it all again in reverse order. I had to learn how to med-moor when I first entered the Mediterranean, but it is actually easier to do than side tying to a dock. All I do is head straight into the dock, fenders hanging on both sides and first tie the two bow lines to the dock cleats and then attach the mooring line to Eidos' stern cleat. It takes some getting used to climbing over the bow rail to get off the boat, but this system gives me more privacy and is easy to do singlehanded.

Some people back into the dock, but since I have a windvane on the stern, and since Eidos doesn't like backing to where she can't see, bow first is much more preferrable.

Staying at the docks in the Balearic Islands doesn't have to be expensive. Beginning in the middle of September the price for Eidos has been little over 3 Euros per day not including power and water, compared to summer prices of 60 Euros and up per day. I'm not complaining.