Velero Bavaria 36 (2003)

The Ikigai is an 11m sailing yacht. Cosy, comfortable and in perfect condition, she sails fast and is very reliable and manoeuvrable. It has a perfect length for a day or a weekend at sea as well as for a week's holiday.

From June to September I am in Menorca. It is an island I love and I know all its coastline because I have been visiting it by sailboat for many years. From Mahón or Ciutadella we can design together a route to sail around the island and anchor in its beautiful coves where we can bathe during the day and enjoy its beautiful sunsets and sleep in the tranquillity of the night.

I know the island by sea and by land so I can recommend places, restaurants, fiestas and shows. Depending on the weather (especially the wind) we will visit the spectacular and well-known coves in the south (Turqueta, Trebaluger, Macarella, Calescoves, Son Saura, Escorxada, ....) or the quieter coves in the north from where we can contemplate wonderful sunsets (Pregonda, Cavalleria, Algaiarens, Es Castell, Son Parc, Mongofre,...). And as we always feel like going ashore for at least a couple of days, we can anchor in the Bay of Fornells or visit Maó and Ciutadella, each with its own charm.

I have had a boat since 2008 and six years ago I gave up my life's work to dedicate myself to doing charters with the boat because this way I can combine my passion for the sea and sailing and at the same time share it with the people who come on board. For me it is essential to be at ease and enjoy the wonderful moments that contact with the sea gives us and that is also my main purpose for the people who sail and live together on board the Ikigai, that they feel at home.

The Ikigai has three double cabins, a bathroom, kitchen, oven, fridge, living-dining room and a maximum capacity of eight people (including me). Cockpit table, cockpit shower, bimini top, sprayhood, solar panels, dinghy with outboard and paddle surf. Autopilot, GPS-Plotter, fixed and portable VHF radio, radio/CD with interior and exterior speakers, electric windlass, wind equipment, life raft for eight people and Radio Beacon. It has all the safety equipment to sail in zone 2 (up to 60 miles from the coast) and with all the revisions made recently.