Cedeira

Marita3
Mark & Helen Syrett
Wed 19 Jul 2017 07:43
43:39.250N 8:03.822W

The marina at Viviero was very tight so at 0700 in flat calm we extracted ourselves without incident and without waking the other boats.
The forecast was west and south west winds increasing to force 5 in the early afternoon. No prevailing north east trade winds here and as we changed course to follow the natural curvature of the coast line the wind changed with us and remained a head wind. Some motor sailing (mainly) and a bit of sailing and we reached our destination by 1330 just as the wind was being to increase. An excellent anchorage with good holding ——the wind increased to 20 + knots and the katabatic effect made it feel greater as the wind blew down, across and up the ria. We were visited by a gang of about a dozen dolphins (or were they pilot whales?). We had a restful night at anchor.