2018-08-17 Cala de San Vicent, Ibiza, Islas Baleares, Spain
This morning we wake up to a cooler, slightly breezy and overcast daySeveral other boats join us in the reasonably sheltered bayThe wind gusts from the north increase as the day goes byA catamaran attempts to anchor however it continually drags it’s anchorAgain another heavy thunderstorm beginsVisibility became very poor!!A red steel yacht anchored in front of us starts dragging it’s anchor. Despite trying in vain with shouting and blowing our boat horn, we could not rouse the occupants from below deck until it was beside another yacht anchored behind usThe two yachts were now side by side!!With the rain coming down in buckets and the wind blowing a gale, the two yachts had their anchors entwinedWith many attempts in the awful conditions they tried to free their anchors and pull up their chainsStill no success after an hour of attempts!!Finally they were free and the steel boat headed out of the bayThe heavy rain continued and we found a few leaks in the Tangaroa that we did not know we had!!By 6 pm the storm had passed and once again the sun tried to make an appearance over the bayOur French neighbours who narrowly missed major damage to their yacht during the day, decide to finally move onLooking out into the distance towards Illa Tagomago with another boat approaching Cala de Sant VicentWith all the dramas of the day, we spend another night in the now peaceful bay
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