Destinations

[Wansworth]

Looking at a map of the area around A Coruna possible home of our new boat there are various ports most of which for yachts are marinas unfortunately.Goingfromone marina to another is not very interesting .Forweekend sailing we can go west to the Ria de Ferrol where there u known little fishing ports hopefully un marinad to the south is the ria de Coruna which only offered marina berths but as itsa city lots to see ,even an IKEA!Further up the ria there are other little harbour which again have been taken over by a marina installation.Anyway lots of sheltered water although the northerlies really blow at times.Unlike if I recall correctly there are still unmarinized moorings like Itchenor or Yarmouth and the river Medina.

 

[LittleSister]

Would you not move it round to the western Rias - Pontevedra or wherever? (After a suitable period for checking it out and getting used to it?)

 

[Wansworth]

Would you not move it round to the western Rias - Pontevedra or wherever? (After a suitable period for checking it out and getting used to it?)

The rias Bajas of which you refer to has five rias my wife comes from a village or what was once a village on the northern bank of the Ria DeVigo.Initially we had considered that but it a good three hours drive whereas the Ria de Coruna is about just over an hour if you drive swiftly!The area is windier than the rias bajas but cooler tourism is still a problem but we can go for a day sail and be back fro tea!…..more or less.The Ria de Vigo Isa great sailing stretch of water but again destinations are basically marinas except the offshore islands were a permit has to be applied for no on the spur ofthemomment anchoring although I assume anchoring to fix something would be ok .Cangas my wife’s home village has points in its favour it’s near the finca were we have to cut the grass and it’s were all her extended family live…..Nice cafes…..But terrible tourist invasion in the summer .and it’s hotter than the Rias Altas andthesummer breeze doesn’t come in till late afternoon.We will give the Ria de Coruna a go first…..if we get a boat

 

[LittleSister]

. . . Forweekend sailing we can go west to the Ria de Ferrol . . .

Isn't it rather a long way if you go west to Ria de Ferrol?

Much easier to go eastward - about 15 miles instead of 25,000! -

 

[Wansworth]

Isn't it rather a long way if you go west to Ria de Ferrol?

Much easier to go eastward - about 15 miles instead of 25,000! -

You got mixed up …..going west out of the Ria De Coruna yo pass the Ria de Ferrol to starboard or on your right if coming out of IKEA west boundGoogle Search…..well it’s sort of north as well!….The possible boat is in Ares

 

[LittleSister]

Much as it's rarer wonderful to go to a quiet anchorage, much of the pleasure (and pain!) of sailing is in the journey.

I think I would get bored if at a single marina on a straight coast, where there is no other place to get to and back in a day (no names or pack drill ), at least while I was working, though it'd be OK for a racer. But A Corune doesn't look like that on the map (I've never been there, sadly). There is a wrinkly-ish coast, and seemingly a variety of places to go, even if they are all marinas. Personally, I find commercial shipping and other boats coming and going adds interest (up to a point: it's nice to get away from it, too).

Why not try it for a season and see how you get on?

You could maybe swop to the Rias Bajas later, or just for a year at some point, or out of the peak heat and tourist season? A three hours twisty road journey is a serious deterrent, so I think you'd have to be operate differently there - go for a week, or at least long weekends, or better still long midweeks, and combine with family and/or finca visits (though either of the latter might be a deterrent! ). And think of it as a floating holiday cottage as well as sailing boat?

Are there any quieter, anchorage type places to go from Coruna even if it does take more than a weekend (given you're retired)?

 

[LittleSister]

You got mixed up …..going west out of the Ria De Coruna yo pass the Ria de Ferrol to starboard or on your right if coming out of IKEA west bound. . .

On my map Ria de Coruna is facing north, and therefore turning to starboard takes you east.

Do you have Australian blood, by any chance? Or are you holding the instructions from IKEA upside down?

 

[Wansworth]

On my map Ria de Coruna is facing north, and therefore turning to starboard takes you east.

Do you have Australian blood, by any chance? Or are you holding the instructions from IKEA upside down?

 

[LittleSister]

Which boat is in Ares? The Snappy, or the one we were all rooting for?

Ares itself looks like it might be a good location in that general area.

 

[Wansworth]

Much as it's rarer wonderful to go to a quiet anchorage, much of the pleasure (and pain!) of sailing is in the journey.

I think I would get bored if at a single marina on a straight coast, where there is no other place to get to and back in a day (no names or pack drill ), at least while I was working, though it'd be OK for a racer. But A Corune doesn't look like that on the map (I've never been there, sadly). There is a wrinkly-ish coast, and seemingly a variety of places to go, even if they are all marinas. Personally, I find commercial shipping and other boats coming and going adds interest (up to a point: it's nice to get away from it, too).

Why not try it for a season and see how you get on?

You could maybe swop to the Rias Bajas later, or just for a year at some point, or out of the peak heat and tourist season? A three hours twisty road journey is a serious deterrent, so I think you'd have to be operate differently there - go for a week, or at least long weekends, or better still long midweeks, and combine with family and/or finca visits (though either of the latter might be a deterrent! ). And think of it as a floating holiday cottage as well as sailing boat?

Are there any quieter, anchorage type places to go from Coruna even if it does take more than a weekend (given you're retired)?

Great minds think alike!………yes Bouzas to the west of Vigo actually a continuation caters for the fishing fleet and ship building and repair at the western end in a municipal yacht club even so no visitors berths but there’s always a chance of a space to moor up and have a coffee ……with fairly mild climate it’s best in the Spring or Autumn when winds are more settleledfrom the south and west………no IKEA

 

[Wansworth]

Which boat is in Ares? The Snappy, or the one we were all rooting for?

Ares itself looks like it might be a good location in that general area.

No the Snappy,looks fairly central up wind as the northerlies set in.The other pretender is in the ria de Corunna!

 

[Wansworth]

Your welcome to visit but not in the summer as lots of pesky holiday makers!

 

[LittleSister]

Your welcome to visit but not in the summer as lots of pesky holiday makers!

Yes, I'm sure there's all sorts of dodgy characters turning up in Galicia from far away.

Some of them turn the heads of local women with their fancy foreign ways, and don't even go away again afterwards!