Category Archives: Destinations

Proper little tourists – Porto

Posted on September 14, 2014 by juliansmart

Portugal is hot! Five degrees warmer than Islas Cíes – with staggering sunsets from the marina, halfway up from the mouth of the estuary to the city centre. They deliver bread every morning – in direct proportion to the number of … Continue reading →

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De Portosín aux îles Cíes

Posted on September 8, 2014 by albanesmart

La météo avait annoncé F2/F3 SSO. Nous nous sommes donc préparés pour faire une journée de moteur. Une heure après notre départ, le vent est monté trés vite, et nous nous sommes retrouvés avec un vent entre 28 et 30 … Continue reading →

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Sailing with the elite

Posted on September 8, 2014 by juliansmart

We reached past Francois Gabart’s Vendee Globe winner (current title and record holder) as we started out across Biscay from Brittany, after mooring just along from his toy in Port-la-Forêt, a rapid-looking RM. We were then interrupted in our departure for the … Continue reading →

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Portosín – the rias of Galicia

Posted on September 5, 2014 by juliansmart

That’s more like it. Small beach less than five minutes from the marina, big beach a walk through town further. Aperitif in the marina club restaurant the first evening: calamares spot-on, bacalao with black olives great too, and the view … Continue reading →

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Camariñas to Portosín – thar she blows!

Posted on August 29, 2014 by juliansmart

On the beach within half an hour of mooring in Portosín. Enough said? Probably not … you should be so lucky. We decided to leave Camariñas almost no matter what, after a number of factors southerly winds (we want northerlies) … Continue reading →

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Daisy’s adventure

Posted on August 29, 2014 by albanesmart

Hi guys, Here we are at Portosin another port. This port has a beach unlike other ports. Yesterday we saw a pilot whale and then we arrived. At first we were at La Coruña then we sailed to Camariñas And … Continue reading →

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Ría de Camariñas

Posted on August 28, 2014 by albanesmart

Nous sommes restés 4 jours, sous la pluie à Camariñas. La Ría est très jolie mais nous n’avons pas pu vraiment en profiter… Le village a beaucoup de maisons délabrées et quelques chiens errants. C’est un village de pêcheurs et … Continue reading →

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Holà!

Posted on August 27, 2014 by albanesmart

Holà tout le monde je suis là pour vous raconter notre voyage . On était à Port-la-Forêt en Bretagne pour 1 semaine (6 jours) puis on a traversé le Golfe De Gascogne avec le bateau, ça nous a pris 3 … Continue reading →

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A Coruña

Posted on August 27, 2014 by juliansmart

A Coruña (La Coruña) – recovery after Biscay. Washing the boat (intended just to be rinsing the salt from the boat) Tourism (Torre de Hercules, the oldest functioning lighthouse in the world, first lit when the city was known as … Continue reading →

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We are in Spain!

Posted on August 25, 2014 by juliansmart

We have arrived in La Coruña. We made it safely and in good time. Positives Faster than expected – we’d planned for 3-4 days so just under 2½ (all either reaching or downwind) was fantastic. Crew welfare – only one … Continue reading →

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