Day 38 - La Coruna
We pulled up our Anchor
Friday 29th August and sailed off headed for After waiting for 2 days
to leave after a constant force 8 gale we could finally go, praying that the
sea state would be ok we crept around the head land and headed out to sea. To
much of our surprise the water was absolutely fine and we were fortunate to
have enough wind behind us to fly the kite for the first couple of hours until
everything went from a great little wind to nothing at all. Typical I thought
having waited 2 days for a weather window we now had nothing at all. As we made our way into Special comments by
Fiona: The whales were absolutely amazing. At first I was afraid
but having Yolanda on board who loves all things in nature encouraged me that
the whales are our friends! I think they were with us for about an hour,
coming up to the surface every few minutes to say hello. And of course we felt
the need to celebrate such an amazing experience and crack open a bottle of
some fine champagne. When in Spain with the whales….. Day 38 Destination – Traveling Direction
–West Wind Direction – All
over the place and mainly a light breeze Average Speed 3.6 Knots Top Speed – 7.3 Knots
Through the water Total distance – 28.6
Nautical Miles Travel Time – 7.43 Hours Temperature – 29 degrees Crew
- Fiona (Not scared of whales any-more) -
Alex (Drunk Again) -
Yolli (Hippy) Missing Work – NO Expenses – €35
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