Whilst we had good internet connection in Porto Colom we had booked to go to the nearby island of Cabrera. It is a national park and can only be visited by boat if you have a permit, and to stay overnight you have to pre book and pay for a buoy....there is no anchoring allowed here. Our buoy was booked for tonight, so, after canoeing ashore for a final shop we set sail...Dave caught us up and managed to photograph us as we sailed out of the harbour...
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Calm in port...[/caption][caption id="attachment_1419" align="aligncenter" width="480"]
Shopping on board[/caption][caption id="attachment_1420" align="aligncenter" width="640"]
Under sail...[/caption][caption id="attachment_1421" align="aligncenter" width="640"]
Leaving the safety of the port[/caption]
All was going well, but as the afternoon went on the winds freshened well above the forecast and went round on ‘the nose’. As we crawled passed Cala Montrago we decided to call it a day and anchored up for the night. We were on holiday after all!
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Cala Mondrago[/caption][caption id="attachment_1426" align="aligncenter" width="640"]
An unusual sky tonight...[/caption]At 3am we were up and out of the anchorage; the winds had died away overnight and we had almost dead calm as we motored the rest of the way (15 miles) over to Cabrera in time for the sunrise.
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