Biscay complete, Thanks!

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nickrj

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Just wanted to say I crossed Biscay with no problems, and thanks to everybody here for their input and suggestions on completing it. Other than a lack of wind, and maybe 7 hours of sleep over 80 hours, I have no complaints. In the efforts of self-promotion, I wrote everything up here http://www.bigoceans.com/2007/10/30/hello-spain-biscay-smashed/

I highly recommend Commandersweather for weather routing, as suggested by another forum member. They were a bit late on a predicted squall (about 8 hours, which was a God-send) and the winds were lighter than predicted, but the forecast directions were amazingly correct.

I'm wintering in La Coruna now, completely broke. Long shot, but I'm trying to sort out a desk with Internet here to work. Anyone got contacts here?

nick.
 
Wow Nick. I was just reading your thread re Biscay just the other day. It is heartening to read the reassurance you were getting. Well done I envy you. All this makes me more determined to live the dream.
 
Hi Nick, congrats in order.

I enjoyed reading your blog of the crossing and pleased to note that Sod's and Murphy's laws seem to apply to other people as well as to me, your inopportune engine failure when you least needed it proves the laws incontrovertibly IMO /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Your blog proves that it *can* be done, even by those of us who seem to be constantly persecuted by Sod & Murphy!!

I guess that there were a lot of people reading your previous post re the forthcoming biscay crossing who are pleased to see that you've made it in one piece.

Best Regards
 
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I'm wintering in La Coruna now, completely broke. Long shot, but I'm trying to sort out a desk with Internet here to work. Anyone got contacts here?

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Nick

Have a word with Captainslarty /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
I was going to congratulate you on your crossing, but now offer commiserations /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Watch out that the weed doesn't start growing around your boat from his. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

To be fair, he and Jayne were very helpful to us when we stopped there - they may remember us as the ones who borrowed the steel bar to straighten out the bent pushpit!

Seriously, well done on getting across and taking on the challenge despite your apprehensions.

Have a good winter.
 
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You're not going to believe this, but I literally moored up NEXT TO CAPTAINSLARTY at 3am. He in fact invited me over for tea tonight!

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That's why I suggested having a word with him /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

The walls have eyes and ears - Spooky!!
 
If you're quick, contact Captainslarty who is a forumite and currently living aboard ion La Coruna. . He has spent a lot of time the and I'm sure has a few contacts. I say quick, because I had a feeling he was about to resume cruising, but I could be wrong. Ruddles in his boat
 
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I had a feeling he was about to resume cruising,

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In this weather???

(not necessarily today in La Corune, but Winter generally).
 
Dave in the Darsena, Irish flag, wooden 38ft Ketch "ANASU".

Maria,(JRC Sailmakers), ask for her at the Darsena Office, she is very helpful and has good English.


Marina at Pombo Chandlers, good English and again very helpful.

As suggested Joe and Joe may know if an English lad, Alex is still about, he would be clued up on accomodation etc.
Regards to all the friends I,ve mentioned. Bill.
 
Not until may, as we need are heading to the Azores.. will winter (AGAIN) in Coruna. 22 degrees today, sunny and nice.

Big Nick.. whattdaya mean me weed /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif, thats a mussel farm I will have ya know...... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
and now after all the good relationships with Spanish Neurologists, we can go Hurrah !, but the time of year is wrong.. so me mussel farm has to be removed at last, coming out at Oza in a few weeks for a short back n sides...

Tother Nick, yes, tied up next to us at 3 am looking slightly knackered... will feed ya tonight. Jaynes busy cooking and I´m busy, errrr, well, ok, I´m not.. we are thinking of using Nick´s boat as a tender, she is a beauty. We will introduce you to the delights of LC, the internet, the best (Means cheapest) cafes and bars, the superb commercial chandlers where you can still buy wooden blocks if you want them.... and due to the fact that nick is young, the delights of the spanish ladies in abundance on friday and saturday nights.

Getting like a bleeding car park here now !
Just need Richard to trun up.... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
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Getting like a bleeding car park here now !
Just need Richard to trun up.... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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If you mean me, dont worry. I wont be passing that way for many years, not in a planned way anyway, nor in a "got lost" way /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
Shame... /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif could be a good meet...

You go East, we will go West, its nothing you said, eventually we will colide, not literally I hope, unless Jayne is on the helm... OUCH!!!!.. that hurt...........
 
Congrats Nick,
One up from us, as we ended up down the canals.
Also nice to here its warm and sunny somewhere, here in mallorca its been raining every day and only around 20 degrees...most unusual,

have a good winter
regards
roy
 
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