On this beautiful island in the heart of Europe is this wild rugged hidden
bay wedged between steep rocket cliffs with an enormous valley its backdrop. Is it okay
to swim to shore here? What's the worst that can happen? Dying. Oh my gosh. I'm so nervous.
It's like a portal leading into another universe. So we're off to go find it by sailboat. If
you've just joined us, John and I have just flown Halfway Around The World from Australia
to Spain to pick up this brand new boat, we are about to see the 55 for the very first time,
the Jeanneau Yachts 55. This is the first of its kind, this is Hull number one. We moved
all our belongings on board, packed enough food to last us a couple of weeks and then
set off for our maiden sail out of Barcelona and into the Mediterranean Sea. We sailed 16 hours
overnight to Majorca. It's a relatively small island that's fast becoming one of the hottest
holiday destinations in Europe. This place we've heard about on the island is called Sa Colabra, it
translates to 'The Snake' so before we go find it we're going to park up at this anchorage nearby.
Oh my gosh this place is gorgeous. We're pretty tired after our sail overnight and this Bay is so
perfect in every way that it attracts boaties from all over the world. It's cute trams, it's colorful
beaches that symbolize summer. It's the perfect place to rest and recover and catch our breaths.
Where is this Solair? I gotta think of it because Sol is sun, Sol-aire Yeah it's a cool name. Yeah
it's a beautiful name. The crew are back on the boat, John and I are just going to go for
a little sticky beak. Yeah we're gonna go for a little walk. We're gonna go for a little walk.
It's about an hour till sunset so we've got a nice hour to go and explore this town. It's so
beautiful John, like it feels so good to be back at a Mediterranean. It's just pretty,
it's just beautiful. Yeah I think it's amazing you know the thing I always love about these
places are the mountains, it's just so scenic. The thing is John and I and everyone in this
bay are completely oblivious to the unforecasted storm that'll soon descend on us in the middle of
the night. It's so peaceful here. Everything's so still. There's like no wind. I know it's just like
the right temperature and the long sunsets like it's 8 30 at night. As John and I walk along the
foreshore and find a restaurant to eat dinner at tonight we're mindful of the boat and where we've
anchored. You see it's peak season and it's packed in the bay. Everyone is squished like sardines,
so we've tied up fenders on our lifelines and we decided to anchor on the edge of the
channel leading into the marina, far from our neighbors. Our crew has also decided
it's probably a good idea to always have someone on the boat keeping a watchful eye,
so we're taking turns going to shore, so this date night on land for John and I feels extra
special tonight. We're at the cutest little restaurant and we're gonna eat some tapas.
It has been a crazy 72 hours since leaving Australia between getting the boat organized
sailing here to Majorca and then planning our sail to the remote National Park tomorrow,
so right now we're soaking up the present moment finding pleasure in the simplest of
things. Oh wow that is so creamy. Like how this burrata cheese oozes over our ripe plump Spanish
Tomatoes reminding us where we are and where we've just come from. Oh this is so lovely I'm
so excited. I can't believe how stressed like stressful it was getting organized to come away
again I think I did 50 hours flying in two weeks. That's 50 hours in the air clocking
up enough miles to fly around the Earth's surface and then some in just a fortnight it feels really
good now here. It has been really crazy though behind the scenes. It's been really stressful
looks like when your drone shots come up it's like picture perfect and then behind the scenes.
But with a big day plan to find the nearby caves and hike the snake tomorrow we decided
to get an early night. On the way home we picked up some gelati for the crew,
Ro picked us up from the jetty, and back on board is when we noticed the chaos around us.
Look at these boats over here. It's so close I can't even begin to tell you how close that
is. There was no wind, and these were my famous last words. It looks like we're going
to get a good sleep tonight because this bloke is moving thank goodness for that. We were so far
behind on rest and on our very first night here on anchor we hope to catch up on sleep but little did
we realize this was actually the Calm before the storm and the entire Bay was about to get caught
off guard. This could get messy John. Just when we were hoping to shake off the last of our jet lag.
Can we just quickly talk about last night. I happen to have some supplies
of sleeping tablets that I picked up in France. You know the the scene on Wolf
of Wall Street, where the guys trying to get to the phone box?
Just woken up. Just seen lightning outside it's pretty crazy. May as well tie them on. Definitely.
Well I didn't get up I was half asleep. You guys were battling other boats and lightning bolts I believe. Oh my God he's going
into the marina, he's like stuff this. Yeah it was crazy it was insane I was not expecting this in summer, like at all.
We heard like the donks of boats hitting. Oh my Gosh, they just hit each other, and horns going
off. Air balloons and torches and a lot of angry Italians yelling at each other like [Applause]
one guy had to raise his anchor by hand.
and he was stuck between two boats. Of all the knights to have half a sleeping pill
and it was only half!
Yeah probs won't be doing that again. As for John being the captain will he handle jet lag the old-fashioned way sleeping it off
he has a pretty big adventure planned out for us over the next couple of weeks to circumnavigate Mallorca anticlockwise.
and later we'll sail over to Italy but for now we're all the way up here in port de Solaire and today's mission is to find The Snake
yes it's a bit of a detour but it'll be worth it. We're gonna have to be at the top of our game though physically and mentally.
You'll see why when we arrive. Oh God that's burning. Can't believe I said this is easy. Kell has whipped out her exercise bands and we're squeezing in some
much needed exercise on board. We're actually all feeling quite inspired to get into shape
since Ro joined us AKA James Bond, We think that Ro is like a James Bond. He looks like James Bond.
We've been noticing the similarities more and more, and when John flew the Drone yesterday we
had to watch the footage back together. Is this another James Bond moment? Yeah
And so in the misty morning off we all went for our first mission together in Majorca to find the
enormous River Gorge John's been researching. Got some yogurt and some walnuts and some blueberries
here this morning and we are about to go on an adventure. Tell us about where we're going
today Colabra it's about six miles north of where we are apparently like quite a dramatic
Anchorage with this big Rocky Mountains either side to walk up this Gorge, so yeah it should be
pretty interesting to go and have a look! What did you have for breakfast? Is that your mini.. hmm
It's like a shooter. Once you get to the island of Majorca you can visit Sa Colabra
by car there's this Scenic Drive and it's one of the most iconic with its windy roads and renowned
hairpin turns. But by a sailboat we're immersed and surrounded by Nature dwarfed by the sheer
size of these giant Cliffs. This is so cool it's pretty spectacular like that's straight, straight
up out of the water. This hike we're about to do, do you know how high it goes? Oh no it's kind of all at
sea level, it's like a canyon so you follow like a dry River bed up through the these cliffs. On our
way there the swell is a bit messy and the waves are a bit like a washing machine, the remnants of
the Winds and the storms we've experienced the last couple of days. It's created quite a bit of
chop out on the water and a bit of swell and the coast is all exposed so there's not really a lot
of great Anchorage. Where we were, was probably the best Anchorage on this Coast. But we're going
to give it a isn't perfect but this is our only opportunity. We're just trying to suss out the
situation right now. There are some people on the beach and then there's this awesome like
restaurant in this gorgeous Cove. And so we found a spot in the middle of the bay and lowered the
anchor so just gonna quickly check make sure that the anchor is holding. The water is so blue. The Sun's
come out and then the colors are just so glorious, amazing. But with the swell bouncing off the rocks
and us around from side to side we didn't feel comfortable leaving the boat with no one on board.
So close yet so far.
It's pretty rough.
We've made an executive decision that it's probably a bit too dangerous.
For a while there we waited scratching our heads contemplating a new plan to
get to shore. No, we're got to give this a crack. We've come all this way.
I reckon we can do. I don't think it's that bad. It's a challenge. Yeah it is a challenge.
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So we might just swim to shore. What's the worst that can happen? Dying
that's pretty bad. I reckon it's gonna be amazing. I reckon it'll be fine. So guys this is the plan
we'll motor over to the restaurants where it's calm and safe for Ro and I to then jump off
the boat and swim to shore, we just have to ask permission first because ferry's come and go
from this port. Just wondering if we could drop some people off here they're just going to swim
to shore, I'm going to stay on board. We're only anticipating staying here maybe 40 minutes, do
you know if there's anyone arriving in the next 40 minutes or so? Is it okay to swim to shore here?
Ah, it's okay. But be careful.
Just Kel and I manning the boat. It's a tough gig. It's a tough gig.
Oh that view is horrible.
It's beautiful
I think uh Ro and Kristina have gone up here somewhere and there's a track that goes all the way around the hill
down here back to that beach we're at so they've gone to check it out [Music]
We're right in the way of this Ferry here but he kindly allowed us to stay when I explained
on the radio that we're just going to be maybe 40 minutes to let them have a look and we'll leave as
soon as we see his passengers come back he was happy with that. Signs led us to the Torrent de Pareis
taking us through caves. This is by far one of the most unique Trails we've ever experienced.
The tunnel is pretty narrow.
and when you pop out
The drastic landscape surrounding us was formed millions of years ago carved out by water flowing
from the Sarah D tramantana mountains which created the narrow Gorge this is one of the
most extensive River Canyons found in the Balearic Islands. And while Ro and I were in what felt
like another Universe, John motored around and this view will forever be etched in my memory. For Ro
well it was enough to tempt him into the water even though the waves were like wrecking balls
We do actually have a surf Lifesaver on board
Ex.
And so I was waiting for his command to go.
A thumbs up
but instead he gave me the, No Deal.
And so in 40 minutes Against All Odds we squeezed in this hidden Bay in Spain.
Ro and I were saying how magic it is to know that we got there by boat and like we swam to shore, it felt so special. You feel
like you've earned it. Ueah you totally earned it. It's an adventure. To pull it off
when it seemed like everything was against us we're now leaving on a high we're all enjoying
the weather and we're settling in for the next few hours as we continue our circumnavigation
getting out of this unprotected western coast for the calm sheltered Waters along the Southern
Coastline. Look how much space there is back here, you can drop both of these tables down just to push up
a button it's cool. This one's yours Kel. This one's the boys and then that's gonna be my area. Nah, I'm just joking!
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As we turn the corner we finally had enough wind to sail but only just and John was
keen to get a feel for how the boat handled. John wanted to tell me something. Come film, come look at the sails.
Just in here editing in and John's called me. Look at this we're doing 5.9 knots
into 5.2 knots of wind. upwind, Wowser. Our apparent wind angle is 30 degrees 32 degrees
What's up here? uh just here
I think that's probably it there. There's a cave that you can dive into and they've put statues in it. Are they old statues or
new statues. I don't know but I guess you got to dive down there to find out. It's the only way you'll ever know.
Is it 7 to 25 meters? Apparently, that would be a cool place to go dive.
While we have a rough plan we're taking each day as it comes going with the flow and
letting the weather decide where we sail to next and when we spot a beautiful Bay
we lower the anchor and we call it home for the night. Tonight it's off Cala Blanca Beach
this place is really nice. Notice how all the masts aren't moving? How beautiful is this. Oh..
Look at the houses oh my gosh! Whoa! I would love to know how much they cost.
On the way here we saw our fair share of sprawling mansions built right on the edge of
towering Cliffs but this this one is special. This is the most crazy home I've ever seen,
like it is so well made I said to John No you're filming above the house on the left
and he's like it's all the same house that house is the same as that house and that house if the
owner of this house is watching this let us know if need some Drone footage just send us an email
there's a tennis court on the left a big like infinity pool that's the nicest home I've ever
seen like the curved roofs like that on the cliff top I was about to say the curvature
of it looks really really nice but with our own floating home that can take us anywhere without
our Waterfront views and the experience like we've had today and the many more that lie
ahead we wouldn't want to be anywhere else knowing that tomorrow after indulging in this beautiful
meal that we've just cooked up we have an insane abandoned Island to explore we're at John what's
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