Libertad Jake's Blog 11th August 2008 Camarinas to Bayona
42:59.06N
009:21.46W The
weather is still rubbish! It's still overcast with hardly any visibility, we
can't see the coast line at the moment and we are beating into a force 4/5. The
seas are no worse than yesterday though, so I guess that’s something, they can
only get better.....maybe! We keep telling ourselves that south is the way to go
and I still believe it, it’s only this cloud is following us down, maybe by the
time we hit the equator there maybe some sun. We
spent yesterday in a nice little town called Camarinas which was a 58mile trip
around the coast from A Coruna. It’s a very sheltered little spot with some
gorgeous beaches opposite the marina (well i'm guessing they are when the sun is
shining) We got into port at 7 and had some boat washing to do and
then sent Tim up the mast to fetch a flag halyard which someone hadn't tied the
flags on tight with, had to practice knots for hours yesterday by way of
punishment. Was a bit of an effort working out which way the harness had to go
on Tim, I think with our first effort he would have been dangling up the
mast by his feet, probably not the best idea, but we eventually managed to sort
it and rescue the halyard, what a relief. After
sorting out the computer, again, Paul sorted out our course for today and we
headed out, in the wonderful Spanish rain, to find a restaurant. Was
a nice little Hotel restaurant with good food, it was just a shame
that the waitresses were miserable, but hey they probably aren't used
to the rain and it may have been getting them down a little more than it would
us. After a couple of bottle of wine, dumped elegantly on the table,
we headed back to the boat for some Faulty Towers and then hit the hay
ready for an early start today. It
is now 10:10 and Paul is sitting in the cockpit catching some rays, I am writing
this and Tim has assumed the normal position on my bunk and will probably
sleep for the majority of the journey. We should get to Bayona by early
evening and then we are going to take a few days rest, much earned I
reckon. Nick should be coming to join us tomorrow and it'll be good to be
back to a four man crew. If you are reading this Nick give us a call but Bayona
is where we will be. Hope
you are all well and enjoying the blog Jake ps-
still no luck with the fishing but the lure is out there now and hopefully we
can catch something more edible than a seagull today for some nice fresh fish
tonight. |