Day 3 dawned not a lot different than day 2, we were still
sailing close hauled in very rough seas and no sign of the promised north
westerlies!! Pooey was removed from his crate and had perked up enough to drink
some water and eat a little bread. He also decided that having explored the
cockpit the saloon was a much better bet and had to be forcibly ejected! We
thought that he might like to move on but he was rather adamant that he was
staying on board. Eventually having been unable to supply him with a
nappy and being rather fed up cleaning up after him every few minutes he was rehomed
in a bucket, again with the towel on top.
As the day went on we noticed from our position that we were
being pushed further into the Bay and that unless we did something about it we
would never make it round Cape Finisterre. We tacked
back out to sea and almost back in the direction from which we had come! After
about two hours in that direction we noticed that FINALLY the wind was coming
round to the north west – Hooray! We were able to
make up our lost ground track and head directly for Baiona.
The highlight of the day however was the visitation that we
had from about seven dolphins who spent quite some time swimming round us and
through our bow wave!
24hr distance run 155.55nM Cumulative total
735.43nM
