Adventures of Sailing Yacht Mist
Sailing in Spain
After 11 days in Quinta do Lordo it was time to move on. It was very difficult to get a berth or mooring anywhere in the Canaries but Marina Santa Cruz de La Palma welcomed us so together with sy Capella we left Quinta do Lordo in the morning November 18th. Really good sailing to …
We left Viveiro at dawn. Light winds and to be sure to reach A Coruna before dusk we had to motorsail. We arrived just after 5 pm and was given a good berth by the marina staff. We Took a walk into the town. There was a lot of activities going on. The next day …
We left Luarca at 6 am, rather tired after two nights with very little sleep. Light winds meant motoring ones again. We could sail for a short while at lunchtime and then the wind died again. At 4 pm we arrived at Viveiro marina. We went for a walk and did some provisioning at the …
After two days in Gijon we continued westwards. The winds were light and we could only sail an hour or so and had to motor the rest of the way to Luarca. There was no marina in Luarca but there was 4 buoys for visiting yachts inside the breakwater. There was some bad weather coming …
It was time to go further south. The weather conditions for crossing the bay of Biscay was good, the winds could have been a little stronger. At 10 am it was time to leave Loctudy and say goodbye to our friends on sy Embla. We started with full main and the code and we made …