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28 June on the Camino de Santiago

By Richard. Posted on July 1st, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Spain.

Wednesday 28 June started well. After quite a bumpy night in the marina (every fishing boat enters port at full speed and execute...

27 June at La Coruna

By Richard. Posted on July 1st, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Spain.

43:22N 008:23.7W Tuesday 27th we made our way across the bay from Ares to the historic port city of La Coruna. We followed the massive c...

26 June 2017 – This sailing life!

By Richard. Posted on June 26th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Spain.

Saturday was spent largely at anchor in the Ria Viveiro. Glorious warm sunshine prevailed and we enjoyed a walk along the beach where we...

23 June at Ria Viveiro

By Richard. Posted on June 24th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Spain.

Friday morning entailed a walk into Ribadeo to replenish a few essentials and then we set off for the Ria Viveiro, about 35 miles to the ...

22 June at Ribadeo

By Richard. Posted on June 24th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Spain.

43:32.4N 007:02.1W We awoke on Thursday to the sound of soft rain. It must have driven off the revellers who celebrated the Summer Sols...

19 – 21 June at Luarca

By Richard. Posted on June 21st, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Spain.

43:32.89N 006:32.1W Sunday in Gijon was designated as a laundry day, with the boat ‘dressed overall’ to avoid waiting hours for the tumb...

17 June – mountaineering

By Richard. Posted on June 21st, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Spain.

The weather forecast for Friday onwards was good, so having picked up some ‘boat business cards’ to exchange with other yachties (apparen...

15 June – a coastal run

By Richard. Posted on June 20th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Spain.

Wednesday at Gijon was mostly consumed with administrative activity. The much vaunted official paperwork had seemed fairly straightforwa...

13 June – Hola Gijon!

By Richard. Posted on June 14th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Ocean passages, Spain.

43:32.7N 005:40W We sailed from La Trinité sur Mer early on Sunday evening with mixed emotions. We really enjoyed southern Brittany and...

11 June at La Trinite sur Mer

By Richard. Posted on June 14th, 2017 in France, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

Some additional photos which I left out of the previous article by accident… Another trimaran ready to race against QM2 A monohull ready ...

10 June at La Trinite sur Mer

By Richard. Posted on June 11th, 2017 in France, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

47:35.222N 003:01.55q We spent the morning of 9 June exploring the Citadelle de Vauban at Le Palais on Belle Ile. It dominates the harbo...

8 June – an eventful day at Belle Ile