What an incredible and memorable experience! My husband and I have just returned from four days sailing around the South and East coast of Mallorca on board the wonderful Mar de Nergha with Captain Joso. Everything about the last four days has been perfecto!
From the initial communication, to the booking, to the trip itself, Joso has gone above and beyond to make the experience exceed our expectations. He even secretly communicated with our son who wanted to send a bottle of champagne from France out to us for our Silver wedding anniversary and presented it to us on our first night – perfectly chilled! Sharing the bottle with us set the scene for the wonderful days ahead.
Joso is incredibly knowledgeable about the sea and the Balearics, and is so friendly and easy to spend time with. Conversation was fun, despite our poor Spanish, and he has a keen grasp of English sarcasm! He made she he got to know us and understand what was important to us about our trip and as such, every morning, afternoon and evening we visited not just a different location but a different experience. We moored up in crystal turquoise waters along the beautiful coastline, swam with fishes, watched dolphins and attempted paddle boarding – not our forte!
The sailing boat itself was wonderfully traditional and very well laid out. Although it sleeps 10, it was just the two of us in the master cabin, and Joso at the opposite end of the boat in another cabin so it felt spacious (or as spacious as it could for two 6ft tall people!). Within minutes of being out of the marina on the first morning, Joso allowed my husband to take the helm and during the days along the coast, where the wind allowed, he was able to experience pleasure of sailing the boat (almost) by himself. Sleeping on water is a very different experience and the sunshine, sea air and gin and tonics all contributed to an incredibly relaxing and enjoyable long weekend – we will be back!
It was an absolute pleasure to meet Joso and spend our days on board Mar De Negra. Four days was not enough, but the memories will last forever. Muchas Gracias, Joso!