Arrgh, 24 hours beating into the wind.

We’ve arrived in Mallorca but are exhausted after a gruelling journey. We had 20 knots of wind on the nose and a choppy sea all the way. Typically, the wind and waves were coming exactly where we wanted to go, so we had to break the journey into a series of long tacks that form a bizarre zig-zag across the chart that show us travelling most of the time in the wrong direction!

At a lovely quiet anchorage now, with just a few other boats on the south Mallorcan coast. The wind’s died down and the sea’s smooth.

We’re obviously in good company, as there is a huge superyacht moored in the near distance. It is about 200 feet long, and not only does it have a helicopter on the rear pad, but it also has a shiny 40ft motor cruiser fixed atop one side of the deck AND a 40ft sailing yacht on the other!! Its also British registered.