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 4/14/23 Palma de Mallorca, Spain The refer is getting pretty empty, as are the shelves so it was a grocery shopping day. The first stop was the Santa Catalina Market, a huge building filled with vendors selling fruits and vegetables, meats, flowers, wine and spirts, coffee, seafood, cheese, dried fruits and nuts and spices. It was not to crowded so we could talk with the vendor and sample some things; espresso, jamone. Cheese and dried fruits. Next stop was a sidewalk café for some slow WIFI, locs and bagels and good coffee. Santa Catalina Market, yes she is wearing her new dress and pearls Santa Catalina Market The boat bar is well stocked With a full wagon it was back to the boat to unload, clean and stow vegetables and fruit and check the shopping list. Now we needed a regular groceries store for the canned goods etc. Wagon in tow it was off to the city. Also required was some good bread, but it was late in the day, 2:30, so it was tricky finding a bakery that was still open....
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  4/5/23 Platja de s’Arenel, Mallorca A quiet night at anchor and a glorious sunny day. The bahia was filled with sailboat racers, jet skiers, yachts, kite boarders, wind surfers and foiling boards all day. It was mesmerizing watching all of the activity. We spent the day catching up on my blog and measuring and marking the bimini infill to complete the modification. My other project was to fabricate a screen for the small port in the VIP cabin, success! It is always amazing to see how the time flies puttering around on a boat. 4/6/23 Platja de s’Arenel, Mallorca A bit of a swell had us sleeping athwart ship last night, but another glorious morning. Took the dinghy over to the area where the racers were launching from. Talked to the team USA coach, who sounded Swedish. He told us this is part of the World Cup of Sailing and, more specifically, The SAR Princesa Sofia Trophy race. We were curious about the boats and how they were brought over from the US. Evidently they keep a ...