Big Storm In Port Andratx Palma

Hi All

Here are some photos of a storm that hit us this morning. I heard some 15 boats have either sunk or gone on the rocks. The storm lasted about an hour and a half.

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From what i understand nobody has been hurt. There were no warning or any alerts sent out.

In the first 2 photos there are usually about 15-20 boats on swinging moorings. Now there is only one. The 3rd photo there were some floating moorings there was space for about 150 boats 75% off the floating moorings are gone. In that area 6 boats had sank and a +-20 meter motor yacht washed out onto the rockey beach.

This was more like a Mallorcan Tropical storm

Here are a few photos of a boat that sank in it's mooring in Santa Ponsa Marina. The swell that came through here was very high and the winds were gusting between 50 and 60 knots

This photo is off a drug boat that was seized by the police and it has been on a floating mooring for a several months. As you can see the engines and all have been stripped by some brave people.

Give me steel anytime. I am on a 47 Foot Power Cat at the moment and last night i had no sleep and it seems i wont have any sleep tonight either as the weather is turning bad again to night. This weather is going to last until Saturday or Sunday. The big problem is not the wind that is causing all the damage but the huge swell that is coming into this bay. We are on a floating mooring at the momemt and the end peace of this moring has broken away aready. I am lucky that i am on the floating mooring with some support.

Unfortunately one person died duo to no commonsense. From what was said he was a Frenchman that swam out to his boat to try and save it, but the waves were so big that he was taken out and the waves through him on the rocks. It is sad that he had to trade his life for a boat