The southern Rias, the Baias are more sunny and a bit more popular with sailors than the Altas, the northern Rias . As soon as you travel past Cape Finisterre the strong northerly Portuguese trade winds are blowing, but the streams are weaker and there are only small tidal ranges so you can make good […]
Santiago de Compostela is Galicia’s most famous city and one of the world’s biggest international pilgrimage destinations, but Galicia or terra de meigas (land of witches) have a lot of other things to offer.Like for example, the magnificent rías that are spread out along the 1 600 km long coast. A ria is a drowned river valley that remains open […]
After a few days on Belle Ile a weather window appeared that would make it possible for us to cross over the notorious Biscaye Bay. You need about 5 days of fair winds to cross over, or so the say. So we prepared the boat for a longer trip. Checked the engine, the mast, the […]
We had to pass “Chenal Du Four”, a piece of water which can be a bit tricky because of the current and the razorlike cliffs!So the time to leave L’Aber Wrac’h was decided by the tide. The passage went well and soon we were in Camaret-sur-Mer (Kameled in Breton) It’s lovely little town about 80 […]
o Guernsey is truly beautiful ♥but we wanted to continue! Our plan was to go to a harbour close to Brest, a trip for about 20-24 hours, and wait for a weather window to go cross the Biscay Bay. You’ll need 5 days of fair winds to do that, or so the say. When we […]