Ria da Arusa 2 Villanova
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Chris & Katie Russell
Sat 3 Jun 2017 21:33
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42:35.09N 08:50.05W
We motored gently through the acres of mussel beds
about 8 miles to another port - Villanova. Another fantastic welcome from
the harbourmaster as he took our lines and secured us alongside. We paid our
dues, had lunch and then a siesta to wait for the town to come live at about 4 o
clock
Sailing and cruising is an interesting social past time
- you meet many other yachties from many different countries and social
backgounds. I recall once we were in Yarmouth in the Isle of Wight and on one
side of us we had the boat of Lord Wakeham (Leader of the House of Lords) and
the other side was a gas fitter from Gosport. We shared a beer together (Wakeham
and the gas fitter) together on Associate's bow as our respective
other halves looked after our young children. We had a great conversation and
exchanged a number of different views - it was a good and telling
debate.
Why do I relate this? When we put into Villanova another
yacht (for those that know it was a Legend 32) came in behind us -
annoyingly enquiring in perfect Spanish (well with an English accent)
for a berth on the vhf radio whilst I had made vague noises in spenglish and had
received a simple 'no problemo' reply
These were people we did not want to converse with. Not
sure why. They were just different and with a different view of the world. They
were the only other British flagged boat in the port but we didn't
exchange many words - just pleasantries. We could have been on a different
planet and cruising in a different place. No beer on our bow that day........and
I would not have wanted one
The town was interesting and the fish canning factory
was giving out some interesting odours
We didn't stay long - but the parting gesture from the
harbour master of a gift of a bottle of local wine was well
received
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