Lisbon to Faro, 23-24 September 2012

Baiona (Spain) to Lisbon (Portugal)

Muxia to Muros

Below a few photographs Blabber took during the trip from Muxia to Muros
 

 Baiona

View from Castle Monte Real, Baiona, Sept. 2012

Baiona to Lisbon

Under way to Lisbon

I have tried to film the dolphins under water while sailing, by sitting on the swimming platform, holding my camera under water with one hand and holding the boat with the other. Obviously, I also attached myself to the lifeline. However, the dolphins are so quick, I have only managed to extract some stills from the footage in which they are visible. I'll try to do a better job next time..

When I woke up from a short nap on the aft-deck, I found the cabin was filled with smoke! It appeared the external cool water intake had clogged. I still don't quite understand how smoke could have come into the engine room though, but fortunately the system resumed working correctly after I cleaned the filter and opened and closed the valves a couple of times. Naturally, the incident happened at a very inconvenient moment: while motoring a few miles off the shipping-lane at Cabo Raso, with fog with a visibility of less than 50m and no wind.

Thick fog descended over the boat shortly after sunrise

 Lisbon

Sailing under the "Ponte 25 de abril", Lisbon 23 September 2012

Otro día, otra ría

I spent almost a week in La Coruña. Such a beautiful, and above all, clean and relaxed city! In addition, it is a place where many long distance cruisers flock and I made the acquaintance of a dutch couple Ingrid and Ben. With their yacht, a Contest 38 named Blabber, they are also heading to the Caribbean.

Since my departure from La Coruña on 1 September I have been cruising around in the rías of Galicia. This area is full of beautiful little towns with quiet beaches and good places to anchor. Below you'll find a few images of the past week.

As the Marine Traffic website does not always work very well, I have added a link to Google Maps with my (approximate) tracks and anchorages (see under 'Current Position') .

 La Coruña - Muxia

Muxia - Muros

Sailing along with Blabber

 It seems the endless summer has begun, so no longer this:

But this:

Muxia- Cabo Finisterre

Rounding Cabo Finisterre in a very relaxed manner

At the top of Cabo Finisterre

Anchored off the beach of Finisterre

From the beach bar back to our boats in the dinghy at full moon

Another day.. Sun set in San Xulian de Arousa

Another bay.. Anchored off the beach of Rianxo