marina northwest spain

[chrisb]

we plan to return to this area early may.plan to leave boat-oceanis 411 c 2m draught for upto one month either bilbao or santander whilst returning to uk. sail home june. anyone have upto date experience of marinas in these ports-cost security,availabilty of berths and contact numbers. previous posts on subject noted

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[Birdseye]

facilities in bilbao are a bit limited. the marina there is expensive. there may be a small hard standing area but am not sure if this isnt for repairs etc. instead, we used the real club maritimo at las arenas. the HM there alvarro speaks english and looked after our boat reasonably well over winter. cost was better than the marina as were facilities, but you have to put up with the fairly relaxed spanish approach to such things as mast painting in the berth next door whilst mast still erected and using a spraygun!

we looked at santander where the hard is quite large and seperate from the marina. security looked doubtful, costs were higher, and i was not given confidence that the staff would look after the boat. bit nervous of on shore storage since they need pad eyes on the hard for when the winter gales come in. and santander marina is well out of town

have you thought of zumaya?

pm me if you want more info

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[cynthia]

Hendaye, just over the French/ Sp has goodreviews for winter storage. Very close to Biarritz airport with cheap UK flights by Ryanair.

Would definitely give Bilbao and Santander a miss. Higher up is good, particularly Vivero - new marina, good security, v. sheltered, cheap last year.

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[alanhanson]

hi we keep our boat in las arenas
the security is good and taxi to airport 20 euros
the prices are good and also
easyjet flights twice a day to stansted also to bristiol and gatwick
the harbour master is really helpful
his email address is puerto@rcmarsc.es
his name is alvarobasterra lopez -tapia
if you need any other advice or info let me know
i can also reccomend some good restaurants
best of luck alan

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