Left Ribeira in Ria de Arosa around 1100. Not much wind early but we had a nice drift across the bay behind V and Char and Yugi on Merlin. The wind picked up to 20 knots about halfway down and we were cut off by a careless ship that had the gennaker wineglassing around the forestay for a while till we sorted things out.
Wind kept filling in and we had a fast ride all the way to Isla de Ceis where we planned to stop the night. Unfortunately swell and wind were getting into the anchorage so we decided to head into the Ria for some protection. Nice move as the wind backed off once inside and we drifted along with a pod of dolphins for an hour before we anchored. Balrog enjoyed watching them play off the bow, so did Jen and I !
After a night anchored at Cangas we headed to Marina Davilla to have the Raymarine Navigation gear checked as it was turning off intermittently, not good when trying to navigate ! It turned out to be a fuse that wasn’t secure, so all good, Sephina cleaned and off to find a nice anchorage.
Marinas are handy for doing groceries, cleaning Sephina and sightseeing on land for a day or avoiding bad weather, but anchorages are a lot nicer place to be.
Char and Yugi really like Balrog, I think Yugi was a bit angry still because he cleaned some peepee of his shoes with his hand!
We headed over the other side of the Ria on the 21st to Punta Subrido. No wind for an hour or so so we drifted back and forth and ended with a 20 knot sail into the anchorage. Probably one of the nicest anchorages we have seen, with a Huge cliff to the North dropping down into clear water, allowing us to anchor close to the cliff, protected from the wind and swell.
Jen and I played with the panorama feature of the camera
We stayed here for a couple of beautiful days, visited the beach for a swim (nudist beach) , saw some guys playing nude volleyball but decided not to ask if we can play too!
Had a drink in the little cafe overlooking the bay and soaked up some sunshine. We probably should have stayed here longer but we are on a bit of a mission to press on, so next its off to Portugal !
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