Sail to Camarinas - and many sea beasties
Stargazer of Southampton
Susie and Adam (both think they are skipper)
Tue 10 Aug 2010 20:16
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10:08.10,
43.07.81N 09:10.46W
We
had a couple of days in Ares anchored off the beach waiting out some really
windy weather and relaxing. Ares was quite nice - pretty bay and nice
clean beach. On Sunday Spanish families seemed to pretty much set up
home on the beach and in the park next to it - in the morning we saw people
traipsing chairs and bbq's etc down to the beach - impressively some folk had
tents, picnic tables, chairs, mini fridges and bbq's all set up. I tried
out my Spanish in the local supermarket and veg shop - I am not sure if people
smiling meant I was doing well or meant that I was saying something that I was
unaware of - however, I got Adam some good blue cheese- it is mouldy and it
stinks so it must be good.
Today
the wind dropped so we took the opportunity to do the next hop along the coast
to Camarinas which is about 20 miles from Cape Finisterre. Reading the
'Sailing Guide book ' I found out that this coastline is known as the
'Costa Del Morte' - which sounds nice until it is translated as the 'coast of
death'. Luckily for us it was not the Coast of Death today - there was
virtually no wind at all so it was a very long motor 50 miles to
Camerinas. However - despite this it has been the best day so far
for beastie spotting. This morning in flat calm seas we spotted another
sunfish - however, this was mega-sunfish. We saw the fin sticking out of
the water so motored over to investigate - the water here is absolutely crystal
clear but the sea is very deep so it appears black when you look down -
from a few metres off you could see a huge shape under the water a couple of
metres across.
Later
on we saw probably five or six unidentified fish - looked like basking sharks
from the surface with two fins cutting lazily through the water - but each time
we went over to investigate whatever it was slipped away. Maybe not big
enough to be sharks but must have been pretty big - no idea what other fish
would swim around at the surface in that way.
Much
later on as we came into the coast to get to Camarinas we saw a pair of Whales -
they weren't hanging around but were breaching every 20 seconds or so for
air, we sailed past them only 20 or so feet away. That made the day
- really good to see
We
sailed into Camarinas which is (again) in a Ria - it looks very much like a
Scottish Sea Loch again being surrounded by Pine wooded hills, we are anchored
off a small beach by a town. It is much warmer than Scotland but the
midges are the same.
Dinner
is being prepared by Adam under the watchful gaze of Susie a simple pizza ,using
a Spanish pizza dough mix. Adam trusting in the wisdom and knowledge of the 'All
Knowing Susie' follows instructions well until he takes a look at
the packaging a quick check of the Spanish instructions and even to his
untrained eyes, notes that the dough makes enough pizza base for 8 but we only
put in the water and oil for 4! a very dry and heavy dough results... Susie
catapults the results into the sea....it went plop... looks like filled pasta
again for tea :)
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