A sample week out of Palma — right round Mallorca, the Tramuntana from the sea, the eastern coves, and Cabrera to finish.

Seven days from Palma without a single night at sea: the west coast and the Dragonera channel, the closed bay of Sóller, the Torrent de Pareis gorge at first light, Cap Formentor rounded at sunset, the donkey coves of the peninsula, the wild north-east coast, the caves of Cala Varques, a deserted beach at the end of the island and a mooring buoy in the Cabrera national park. The wind decides which way round, and you decide the week.