Are boats cheap in A Coruna?

[lustyd]

Just watching the latest Chasing Currents on YouTube and had the sudden realisation that there might be a good supply of cheap boats there after a Biscay crossing that made people realise they hate boating. Halfway to the med so not a bad location to start from...

 

[capnsensible]

Dunno why there would be. Tens of thousands of French boats, heaps of Spanish boats sail in Biscay all the time.

It's only a couple of days, generally, from Ushant to Finisterre. I reckon it's been hyped beyond all logic, especially with, ahem, modern forecasting. ??

 

[capnsensible]

Oh, it's an awesome run ashore though, one of my favourites. ??

 

[lustyd]

Haha I meant mostly lots of Brits realising their dream isn't actually as nice as they thought after (from the video) nets on the prop followed by Orcas. I might be one of them, one day, although assuming not after all of the appalling sailing trips I've been on ?

 

[webcraft]

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I've met people in La Coruna stuck there for a year or more after a less than lovely Biscay crossing, but they were not selling their boats.

- W

 

[capnsensible]

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I've met people in La Coruna stuck there for a year or more after a less than lovely Biscay crossing, but they were not selling their boats.

- W

Blimey, after a year in La Coruna you could end up with a liver like Oliver a Reeds......

 

[DownWest]

Gib used to be the place for broken dreams. Until they tidied up the distroyer pens and towed out the unseaworthy ones to scuttle in the straights. While back now...

 

[lustyd]

Gib used to be the place for broken dreams. Until they tidied up the distroyer pens and towed out the unseaworthy ones to scuttle in the straights. While back now...

Out of context this reads like you're talking about the broken dreams of the British Empire!

 

[dgadee]

Povoa de Varzim seemed to have more broken dreams than A Coruna.

 

[RobbieW]

Povoa de Varzim seemed to have more broken dreams than A Coruna.

That fog horn stops you sleeping let alone dreaming

 

[doug748]

Trinidad, etc was always said to be the place. US sailors do the islands, lay up over the hurricane season and never quite get back to it.
Fine, in a way, if you intend to set off over the horizon but not a cheap or convenient way of buying a boat to bring back to Europe.

 

[capnsensible]

Trinidad is a good run ashore too but a bit more dangerous than La Coruna. ?

 

[dgadee]

Trinidad, etc was always said to be the place. US sailors do the islands, lay up over the hurricane season and never quite get back to it.
Fine, in a way, if you intend to set off over the horizon but not a cheap or convenient way of buying a boat to bring back to Europe.

A friend was offered a 25 footer for free over in the Caribbean. He had me looking at options to get it back. I suggested cutting the mast in half, setting the boat at an angle and putting it in a container. Idea fizzled out since I don't think he really wanted a second boat and not one 25 foot long. The offer of a free boat got him excited, though.

 

[capnsensible]

Shelter Bay Marina in Panama is a useful place for bargain boats. ?

 

[Bobc]

Try the Canary Islands.

 

[capnsensible]

Try the Canary Islands.

Yeah, in my recent circuit, just about every Marina has a few for sale. Not sure if prices are especially low, but at this time I reckon offers could be accepted on the low side.

Driftin a bit from La Corunna but someone may find it useful.

 

[RobbieW]

A friend was offered a 25 footer for free over in the Caribbean. He had me looking at options to get it back. I suggested cutting the mast in half, setting the boat at an angle and putting it in a container. Idea fizzled out since I don't think he really wanted a second boat and not one 25 foot long. The offer of a free boat got him excited, though.

A friend of mine did that with an Adams 10 (sort of a 10m Laser) from Oz to UK. It came back as 'household goods'. I think it still races out of Lymington as Boomerang

 

[Ningaloo]

That fog horn stops you sleeping let alone dreaming

No fog horn despite the early morning mist/fog last week. I do remember it from a few years ago however!

And our Biscay crossing was uneventful. 30 hours of fast beam reach averaging 7kts+ then gradually slower until the last 8 hours of millpond conditions and the motor. Anchored in the ria to the east of A Coruna for a few hours sleep and then on to A Coruna in the afternoon.

 

[davethedog]

Yeah, in my recent circuit, just about every Marina has a few for sale. Not sure if prices are especially low, but at this time I reckon offers could be accepted on the low side.

Driftin a bit from La Corunna but someone may find it useful.

I have been looking at the boat prices here also and as Capn stated there are boats for sale in most areas of the Canaries but would not say they are that much cheaper than mainland Spain etc (more ex charter boats available there in mainland Spain and Croatia etc).

 

[pyrojames]

A friend was offered a 25 footer for free over in the Caribbean. He had me looking at options to get it back. I suggested cutting the mast in half, setting the boat at an angle and putting it in a container. Idea fizzled out since I don't think he really wanted a second boat and not one 25 foot long. The offer of a free boat got him excited, though.

Not sure that be a very cheap boat with container rates the way they are!