We leave Palma, destination Cala Radjada

After a few days in the port of Palma, the weather should allow a good crossing to the east coast, as we expected.

In the meantime, we had further refined our plan to cross directly from Mallorca to Barcelona.

We had also enjoyed city life, but now more peace and quiet was on our agenda.

So we headed back along the same route we had taken to get to Palma. We had also learned by now that we were probably not born to set off for a small bay in the morning, hang out there all day and sweat out every last drop of sweat in an uncooled bedroom with burnt skin in the evening.

Passing the Faro de Capdepera was once again an impressive experience; the pictures cannot convey the turquoise sea as it really looks.

The plan was to skip Porto Pedro and go straight to Cala Rajada. Here we knew that the port was not very busy and we were sure to get a place. From here we could start a few tours with the e-bikes. Here we could spend a few more days on the island in peace and wait for a suitable time window for the crossing.

To make the final step to el Masnou, we wanted to spend one more night in Port de Pollença, where we wanted to refuel and, what's more, the route is 10 km shorter, which at our marching speed is almost an hour.

Rajada, here we come. We had registered with IB Ports the day before, but when we left in the morning I read that IB Ports does not accept reservations by email. So we took a chance again.

Our reception was as expected, the harbor was almost empty, but on this day a few ships, mostly sailing ships, joined us. These are groups that circumnavigate the islands once in 6-10 days.