Logbook – New Years Eve 2020 Alcoutim

Rested after a few days in Puerto de Viveiro we stored ship and secured for sea.  It’s amazing how quickly you move from a seagoing vessel to a more caravan mode of life.  So securing for sea took longer than expected but we slipped into calm seas with the engine on.  The wind was on…

The rolly night left us tired and we expected a similar weather for the night so we motored across the bay to an anchorage near the bridge. This is a great spot if a little unattractive and noisy from the road traffic over the bridge. But we had the best nights sleep. If we hadn’t…

A disturbed night but enough sleep to continue, we raised anchor at 0730 to push South.  There aren’t many anchorages or marinas on the Atlantic coast so we where aiming for Figuera and the marina as the next stop. Just after departing we saw a pod of dolphins who stayed with us for about 15…

A quiet night at anchor brought a lovely morning with some wind to make our way further South.  The plan was to depart after collecting our croissants and bread promised the night before and make good Ile de Groix and Port Tudy. The croissants and bread never arrived.  Probably not enough trade in the bay…

Gijon – Navionics The strong winds from the day before had abated and left us with some good sailing winds for our trip to Gijon.  We’d planned an early start to get to Gijon at a reasonable time and so get some shopping and laundry completed. We were not the first up and away, several…

Today is a short run to Almeria. There isn’t a way to book in advance but they are very accommodating and always seem to find a place. So after a couple of hours of gentle motoring, we managed to find a ‘stern to’ med mooring near the entrance. It was a tight squeeze between 2…