Isla Toja Grande
'Sarf & West mate, Sarf & West'
Pete Bernfeld
Mon 14 Jul 2008 17:38
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42.29.804N8.5.386W
After seven days anchored off Caraminel, I thought
I'd give the town a change of scenery & move! Ironically, after I'd taken on
water at the marina (free of charge) as I motored away two boats came in that
I'd met before. The temptation was to turn around, re-anchor and have a party
but as it was 0930 in the morning I resisted the temptation and carried on ¬
sorry guys!
Anyway, after a bit of intricate pilotage [which
reminded me of sailing around Guernsey, they have granite rocks here as well],
dodging the odd large coaster AND the water bomber (CL44) which was doing
practice water-pickups in the ria I arrived at what promised to be a
seculded anchorage just east of Peninsula O Grove. The main bit of the peninsula
is a holiday resort, but this anchorage was off a small island, advertised in
the pilot book as 'for the smart set'. Well, naturally I thought, "that's for
me", pressed my best lurid red swimming trunks and dropped anchor. There are,
however, a couple of snags:
Firstly, there is more water than indicated on the
chart, not normally a problem, but it does mean that Juan Jet-Ski, Pablo
Powerboat & assorted sight-seeing tourist 'barges' come blasting
through the area at fairly regular intervals. I may stay here for a couple of
days, just to annoy them!!!
PS
For those who don't know, in the height of the
summer in Galicia, they have quite a few fires inland. The 'water bombers' are
exactly that, aircraft which are modified to come in low over the water,
scoop-up hundreds of gallons then fly over the fire and drop the lot in an
attempt to put the fire out.
PPS
weather quite hot, clear skies and a nice northerly
wind for when you want to go sailing.
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