PORTUGAL! PORT OF ENTRY LEIXÕES
After having a few days of rest in Baiona we are on the move again. And today we will be entering Portugal! Our trip till now is going very smooth! Beautiful sunny weather and winds are light, sometimes even too light. But ok, this is better than having to [...]
FASCINATING BAIONA
Our sail to Baiona was really nice. We left our anchorage early morning and went through all the mussel beds in this Ria. When we sailed out of the Ria the wind picked up nicely. The wind in this area always seems to be 'on'. We sailed along the The Cíes [...]
ESTUARY “Ria de Pontevedra”
We had a good night sleep last night. But the first time on anchor with the 2 of us feels a bit uneasy or so. So I asked Robbert a few times if the anchor alarm on his phone was turned on to be sure that if the anchor [...]
ESTUARY “Ria de Arousa”
After 10 days with Mieke, Ben and Jeroen we were on our own again. Now the adventure of sailing together would really start. After all we will be sailing together more than we will have friends on board. Coming back from Santiago we did our provisioning at the Eroski [...]
ESTUARY “Ría de Muros e Noia”
After our celebration that we crossed the Bay of Biscay, we decided to move further on. We had 5 more days before the crew would travel back to Holland and we were all eager to see some of the Ria's everyone is always talking about. The next day around [...]
ESTUARY “Ría de Camariñas”
Our first point of entry after crossing the Bay of Biscay is Muxia, along the West coast of Spain. Muxia is very small and 'silent' city with a good and sheltered marina. After 6 days we were very happy to set foot on solid ground again and celebrate our [...]