Monday - 23 July 2018
Now that Chris has arrived, it’s time to move on. He has been very unlucky in his efforts to
sail with us so far this year, for example, coming to Germany when it turned out that snow
was delaying our start to the year. As a result of this and then loosing
another day to the travel problems over the weekend, we are keen to get as much
time on the water as possible for him.
The objective is to be in Porto by next weekend. Weather permitting, this
will mean a number of shorter days sailing and then a long day to arrive at
Porto.
Steve (and Tricia)
We let Chris sleep while Tricia and I made the
preparations to depart, last minute shopping, and saying goodbye and thank you
to Claus and Pedro at the marina. I will be sad to leave Muros, I have
enjoyed being here, and the people are friendly, helpful and laid back.
As we pulled out of the harbour we could see mist rolling
down the valley sides and before long we were in dense fog in the ria. We could
see about 100 metres. Optimistic that we would pass through the fog as we left
the ria, we pressed on and this is what proved to happen. The weather was still
overcast at this time, but improved as then day went on. The breeze was a
pleasant 15 knots and we were soon racing along in initially flat water. Once
we were clear of the mouth of the ria it became a bit more choppy as we were in
a wind against tide situation, which always whips up the water. We had to sail
a few uncomfortable angles as we started to turn in to the next ria, Ria
Arouca, but we were racing along.
Only a couple of fleeting dolphin sightings today,
nothing to get too excited about. Chris commented that we were getting a bit
blasé about this, but I hope this is not the case.
We had planned to anchor off an island in the ria, but
when we got there, the place was full of viveros (rafts for mussel farming),
and we couldn’t see a clear route through to the anchorage. So we changed the
plan and went to the marina in Vilagarcia, where they had one remaining space
big enough for us. We inched our way in, with the depth below us reading less
than half a metre, but all was well and we were able to tie up and the relax
for the evening. Other than the fog and choppy sea, a thoroughly enjoyable day.
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Steve (and Tricia)
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