Trapped in the ria de Vigo

[Wansworth]

I'm sure you have a very pretty transom!

I do!

 

[Fr J Hackett]

I do!

A bit broad in the beam though I am told .

 

[Wansworth]

A bit broad in the beam though I am told .

 

[Porthandbuoy]

@Wansworth I suggest you read The Old Man and the Sea' or watch the film. Might help you deal with rudder munching Orcas.

 

[potentillaCO32]

If by an outside chance I bought a sailing craftin Vigo Iwould be trapped as Orcas are patrolling off the coast

A bit like me saying "if I bought an Apollo spacecraft I would be trapped in low orbit due to all these space x satellites lklely to hit me".

Pure dreaming nonsense.

 

[Wansworth]

@Wansworth I suggest you read The Old Man and the Sea' or watch the film. Might help you deal with rudder munching Orcas.

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I think they have moved on no sightings since the German yacht was damaged,could be migrating into the Biscay ?

 

[mjcoon]

A bit broad in the beam though I am told .

'Twas ever thus; "Never mind the quality, feel the width!"...

 

[westernman]

Used to teach dinghy sail and crew weight balance as a nimble kid, by manoeuvring the boat without the rudder shipped.. which worked.. Mostly

Wansey and his rudderless craft could be the future .

Escape from the Pelagics! A bold film of derring do and swashbuckling high jinks.

There is a Catalan Catamaran class which is rudder less.
I did not know Orcas were a problem in Catalognia.

Home - PATINERO

 

[CrossedThreads]

There has been no mention of the Orcas entering the ria ands ice the German yacht was disabled no further mention has been made of those pesky killers
Apart from that the Rias are quite safe and Spanish yachtsmen seem to have a grasp of the roots of the road.I won’t be afloat for a while so no immediate danger!…..German yacht savagedby orcas ashore in Vigo

Off topic I know… but is that rudder painted bright orange? And if so was that to deter said Orcas? It clearly isn’t an effective tactic if so.

 

[Bouba]

Does the Ria have direct access to the sea ?

 

[Wansworth]

Does the Ria have direct access to the sea ?

Yes,except the islands are across it giving a narrow entrance tothe north and a wide entrance to the south

 

[steve yates]

Irrelevant as it's quite obvious to everyone that you have no intention of buying a boat. You just like talking about it. Mostly to yourself.

Oops

 

[Bouba]

Oops

The really incredible thing is that Wansey delayed buying a boat all these years....and then goes and buys one just before his cataract surgery....which means he can’t use it yet

 

[capnsensible]

Yes,except the islands are across it giving a narrow entrance tothe north and a wide entrance to the south

Would be nice nipping out for day sails to the Islas Cies. Only 8 miles or so from Vigo. I think you can land on the north one but the south one is a protected nature reserve.

Plenty of other nice short trips around the ria too.

 

[Buck Turgidson]

Oops

It's not Wednesday yet!