Vilanova, Ria de Arosa
Moorglade's Voyage
Ted Wilson
Sun 1 Aug 2010 12:07
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Our position is 42:27.47N
08:55.12W
Saturday 31 July 2010
Yesterday we left Sta Uxia de Riveira after a very
unpleasant night, with much wind, snatching and creaking and night time
sorties to insert rubber snubbers in the warps. Chris & John had been
shopping while Kay & Ted wrestled unsuccessfully with the WiFi so we
were all glad to cast off and beat in relatively light winds across the
ria, among the viveiros over to Vilanova for a late lunch. This was much nicer
and a very helpful man first put us in a berth near the gate but when his mate
got back from lunch we were moved back to the end near the
entrance.
A restful afternoon under half of the old sunshade
was followed by a shore expedition in search of anything of interest and dinner.
The other half of the harbour was crammed full of mussel gathering boats
and dories used for cockle collection. The search for a restaurant was enlivened
by Chris & Kay asking for directions in a shoe shop while the men wandered
about and found a supermercado. We're still not sure if the restaurant we ended
up at was the one we were directed to, but after several different members
of staff were provided in an attempt to provide comprehendible English we
enjoyed an excellent meal of mussels, cockles, squid, anchovies and hake. Just
as well we all like fish! The only down side to the evening was when we got back
to the boat and Ted's towel was no longer pegged to the rail. A search of the
water revealed no trace, even of pegs floating, so suspicions were high
that someone needed something to dry themselves on. There had been no other
English boats in either of these marinas, which makes a nice
change.
The wind blew in the night, but after a shopping
and card posting expedition we set off southwards running just under headsail.
The strongish winds and afternoon low water had resulted in abandonment of a
quiet lunchtime anchorage so it was sandwiches as we went, and a boisterous
close fetch after rounding pta Miranda to San Vincente del Mar (Porto Pedras
Negras) where we were met by an efficient harbour master in a rubber dinghy who
directed us to a temporary mooring just outside the marina. However the kettle
had not even boiled for afternoon tea before we were off to a berth in the
marina proper, between a couple of quite big gin palaces - quite a tight fit but
executed with great skill and aplomb and some assistance from the harbour
master, who unlike at Vilanova, did something useful with the
warps.
A trip to the office with enquiries about a further
night, elicited the information that there would be no room tomorrow but we may
anchor off the beach if conditions allow. Off now to walk up the coast path a
short way to a highly recommended bar.
 Special boats for harvesting the mussels from the
viveiros
 View from the waiting buoy at San Vincente del
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