More Finisterre and Muros
Persephone... Cruiser/Racer
Nigel & Karen Goodhew...
Sun 3 Jul 2016 07:51
Yesterday, we set sail from Finisterre and came to the Ria de Muros. A short and very pleasant downwind sail in sunshine and light breeze from about 9 knots building to 15 as we arrived. We hoisted the main while still on the anchor, then upped anchor, with a little protection from the engine ticking over, before bearing away and bare headed hoisting the spinnaker before we passed the wall of the harbour....well all that racing has got to count for something?
( bare headed hoisting, for all you non sailors, is when you put up a spinnaker, without having a " normal" foresail hoisted....people don't do it a lot, because if it goes right it's very very right, but if it goes wrong, it is horrid, as you can wrap the spinnaker round and round the forestay.....and with a small crew, that can lead to lots of fun...you can spend hours trying to untangle it before you can get the thing down again....)
The sail was serene...Karen selected some nice music for a sound track in the cockpit as we watched the Galician coast slide past at about 4 knots....and so calm that we towed the dinghy, and the sound of its bow wave added a little to the effect.
Muros is charming....not quite so full on fishing village as the other places we have visited. Very clean and smart, with beautiful old stone houses, narrow streets and all piled up on the hill behind the harbour, which hosts a marina. The Ria has an alpine feel...or should that be fjord? We are anchored outside, because we prefer that, and our position is
42 47.049N. 009 3.331W
Now we are preparing to set off for Vigo...one of the largest cities in north west Spain, about 35 miles away.
And the water in the boat saga has a tiny last word....no significant bailing needed on the calm run down to Muros
P.s. We heard the Round the Island race was windy, and that With Alacrity added to their unbeaten tally of races. Well done to them and everyone who braved it to get round safely.
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