A straightforward, day to day account of what we have done during the current year's cruise. What we found may help others. I hope that anyone interested in the area will cherry pick rather than trying to read from start to finish.
Our boat is a Hallberg Rassy 34, Anhinga. Much as we love Northern Spain and the Rias we think that these are really beyond our comfort zone. This year will be similar to the previous two years so I will try to say little and keep this log more as a note of where we have been rather than detailed descriptions. We hope to see our eldest grandson, Oliver with his partner, Gee for a few days as well as Sophie our multilingual granddaughter who is an excellent sailor.
Again the year began rather expensively. This has given much trouble culminating with a hardware fault. It has gone back to Dell.
Whether we will see it again this season is an unknown. After having a weekend with Jayne, our daughter and family, we have been waiting for a suitable day to cross the Channel. Winds have been adverse and gentlemen do not beat.
However, it also there was fog. Flying the spinnaker in fog is not too sensible so we had to wait another couple of days. Sounds good. It started well with a NE F4 which increased to 5. There were mutterings about a reef might be necessary. In the event, about halfway across just west of the Casquets traffic separation area, the wind died away and the motor came into play.
