Logbook – A Coruna to Muxia 19 Aug 19

A calm and restful night on the hook and dawn was clear and warm with clouds to the North.  An indication of the stronger winds to come.

We slipped under engine and main again, with a companion German yacht that we’d been shadowing for several days.

The entrance to Muxia has some shallow rocky areas and we sailed cautiously in with strong swell influencing the heading.  Eclipse holds her heading well but downwind with swell she can be a little unruly. But as we turned into the Muxia marina, the swell and tide dropped off but the cross wind was strong.

We pushed in close to the coast to benefit from shelter and funnelling and made great progress.

The marina is popular in season as it is cheap and a good stepping off place to head across Biscay, but we had several berthing options so late in the season.  The Marinaro, pointed out our berth but was little help in the actual berthing process. Fortunately, we acted quickly and had the help of a live aboard German. I’m always impressed with how sailors go out of their way to help each other.

The marina is small and adequate but a little austere. There is a petrol/diesel station that also manages the marina and so you have good access to fuel even if you need bottles.

Muxia is an historic little town that has seen a large increase in visitors since the release of the movie ‘The Way’. Muxia is the final destination of a pilgrimage know as the Camino de Santiago de Compostela. Muxia had a small shrine at the end of the ocean where Tom Avery scattered his son’s ashes. The shrine is now a very impressive sight overlooking the coast. It marks the end / beginning of the extended path and so has benefited from some many visitors.

We had planned to stay for a day in Muxia but we had seen everything that we wanted to in the evening and so with the weather less challenging and potentially helping us we decided to press on early next morning.