We’ve made it Spain! Not quite our intended destination, but weather
dictated a diversion and so, Thursday 5th finds us nestled in Club Nautico at
Camerinas. We arrived at 0830 UTC to a warm welcome from the crews of Zoonie,
Infinity and Seclusion who helped us moor up in the high winds.
The journey here from the position of the last blog was fairly uneventful
albeit hindered with either low winds or winds from an unhelpful direction. A
fair amount of motoring so this stop will be a welcome opportunity to refuel.
The marina itself is fairly exposed to the winds, but the bay it’s situated is
lovely and, looking at the forecast, I suspect we’ll have a few days to explore
the delights of Camerinas by foot.
I was asked by some of the crew not to go into too many details about what
we’ve experienced over the last few days – suffice to say we’ve had some
challenges that we’ve faced up to and with a solid boat and good crew we’ve
overcome. No-one was in danger at any time. Last night (over the shephards pie
and beans....had to get a food reference into the blog) I asked everyone for
their top 3 things about the trip so far and featuring high on the list
were:
- the start itself: the build-up and the off followed by several miles good
sailing whilst being in visible contact with the other boats;
- the boat itself: how well the boat has coped with some of the weather
challenges. She’s absolutely solid in “interesting” conditions;
- Porpoises: seeing them “playing” around the bow leaping well out of the
water.
So, it’s now lunchtime and Ca Canny is secure so thoughts turn to venturing
landside after a quick wash and brush up. Thanks to Ians’ helpful “learn Spanish
in 3 minutes” recordings on his iPod we’ve listened to this morning we are fully
prepared to ask for 5 beers. I think I’ve also mastered to say “with milk” but
I’m not completely sure what use that will be to me. Word of the day:
Fantastico.