Muros - Bornalle
We have been enjoying life at anchor and been exploring the village of Muros and it’s festivities. The rudder-munching bunch of Orcas has been reported to be some 150 south of us and moving north so we have decided to stay in this Ría until they have passed our location, which by this rate should be in 3 days.
Orcas or no, we felt like a change of scenery, so we decided to go for a little day sail. Run the watermaker in the middle of the Ría and then find another anchorage.
As we had just gotten all of the chain up, we were intercepted by the Spanish Customs. So we dropped some chain out again and went to get the boat and personal papers. After getting the boat details we were free to go back to lifting the anchor. We hoisted the main sail and rolled out the genoa and tacked towards the Ría entrance.
Then we turned around and lazily sailed down wind with just the main sail up. After few hours we saw a pod of dolphins jumping around. As the dolphins were from a fairly large species, we actually needed to check that they indeed had dolphin shaped dorsal fins instead of orca shaped dorsal fins.
We dropped the anchor in the bay where the river Rego de Rateira meets the sea. Here we have a nice breeze to keep us cool.
- Distance today: 9.2NM
- Total distance: 3063.8NM
- Lunch: blueberry soup
- Engine hours: 0.8
| Time |
Position |
Course |
Speed |
Log |
Weather |
Remarks |
| 18.08. 10:40 Z |
42°46'48"N
9°3'32"W
|
315°
|
0kt
|
6296.3NM
|
wind
0.6kt
31°
baro 1019 hPa
|
Oil check. Colour black, no foam, cold status midpoint on the accepted range.
|
| 18.08. 16:21 Z |
42°46'47"N
9°3'31"W
|
32°
|
0kt
|
6296.3NM
|
wind
10.2kt
347°
baro 1018 hPa
|
Suski cleaned the prop
|
| 19.08. 10:47 Z |
42°46'48"N
9°3'33"W
|
92°
|
0kt
|
6296.3NM
|
wind
2.7kt
99°
baro 1018 hPa
|
Started main engine
|
| 19.08. 10:52 Z |
42°46'47"N
9°3'33"W
|
43°
|
0.4kt
|
6296.3NM
|
wind
2.9kt
98°
baro 1018 hPa
|
Anchor up
|
| 19.08. 10:52 Z |
42°46'48"N
9°3'32"W
|
77°
|
0.3kt
|
6296.3NM
|
wind
3kt
100°
baro 1018 hPa
|
Reanchored, visit by Spanish customs
|
| 19.08. 11:08 Z |
42°46'47"N
9°3'25"W
|
96°
|
4.7kt
|
6296.3NM
|
wind
2.5kt
119°
baro 1018 hPa
|
Anchor up, motoring
|
| 19.08. 11:16 Z |
42°46'42"N
9°2'56"W
|
71°
|
1.3kt
|
6296.6NM
|
wind
8.3kt
174°
baro 1018 hPa
|
Motor stopped, sailing with Main, Genoa 1
|
| 19.08. 11:20 Z |
42°46'34"N
9°2'41"W
|
136°
|
3.5kt
|
6296.9NM
|
wind
6.8kt
160°
baro 1018 hPa
|
Started watermaker, 266ppm after 30min
|
| 19.08. 12:00 Z |
42°44'49"N
9°1'34"W
|
160°
|
3.4kt
|
6298.9NM
|
wind
7.6kt
191°
baro 1018 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 19.08. 12:26 Z |
42°44'1"N
9°2'22"W
|
77°
|
2.4kt
|
6299.9NM
|
wind
8.7kt
192°
baro 1017 hPa
|
Sailing with Main
|
| 19.08. 13:00 Z |
42°44'26"N
9°1'18"W
|
55°
|
1.6kt
|
6300.8NM
|
wind
7.4kt
158°
baro 1017 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 19.08. 14:00 Z |
42°45'50"N
9°1'21"W
|
355°
|
2.2kt
|
6303.3NM
|
wind
7.1kt
198°
baro 1017 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 19.08. 14:13 Z |
42°46'15"N
9°1'22"W
|
4°
|
1.9kt
|
6303.7NM
|
wind
5.6kt
217°
baro 1017 hPa
|
Lots of dolphins leaping between us and Muros
|
| 19.08. 14:18 Z |
42°46'24"N
9°1'22"W
|
349°
|
1.7kt
|
6303.9NM
|
wind
5.8kt
206°
baro 1017 hPa
|
Stopped watermaker, 212ppm
|
| 19.08. 14:31 Z |
42°46'46"N
9°1'18"W
|
357°
|
1.4kt
|
6304.3NM
|
wind
4.5kt
252°
baro 1016 hPa
|
Sails down, motoring
|
| 19.08. 15:00 Z |
42°47'45"N
9°1'7"W
|
29°
|
0.7kt
|
6305.5NM
|
wind
7.9kt
358°
baro 1016 hPa
|
Anchored
|
| 19.08. 15:08 Z |
42°47'44"N
9°1'8"W
|
151°
|
0kt
|
6305.5NM
|
wind
11.4kt
6°
baro 1016 hPa
|
Stopped main engine
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