Arriving off the coast of Spain Richard decided
that the time had come to remove a layer of clothes and shave. He refused
to have his photo taken beforehand!
We were able to drift down the coast and were thrilled to
yet again see some dolphins and this time the improvement in the weather meant
we could actually go on the foredeck to watch them.
As the afternoon wore on we reached the islands near Baiona
which are a nature reserve. The wind by this time had gone back to its
usual howling gale and the seas had built up again. We were both by this
time more than a little shattered and were looking forward to tying up in Baiona.
Having turned the engine on to enter the bay we were more than a little
dismayed to find that it was overheating!!! Sails were rapidly redeployed and
we headed out to sea whilst Richard fiddled with the water pipes. After a
somewhat nervewracking few minutes Richard managed to prime the pump and we
were back in business. Next task was to get into the marina, according to
the pilot book it was a doddle – not in rough seas and strong winds it
wasn’t. We found it hard to locate the various buoys, but we got
there in the end and secured in the marina by 7pm.
Final 8hrs run
43.80nM Cumulative total
933.14nM
Biscay total distance 614.27nM
Passage time 4days 8hrs
