The End of the World

We left La Coruna at 0830, hoping to do a big day’s sail to Portosin about 90 miles. The wind had other ideas and we bashed forever into a relentless head wind again. Kathy and I were getting rather fed up with regular sea showers as almost every wave broke over the sprayhood. So by the time we had passed Cabo Villano (our waypoint from Cork approximately one week ago!), we sensibly decided to put into Ria de Camarinas. In the southern corner, there was a small fishing town and port, well sheltered from the southerly wind. As we put in to the harbour, a local fishing boat pointed out a buoy we could use and we gratefully rested the night there.

As dawn broke, we slept on. Well it’s meant to be a kind of holiday isn’t it?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELLEN (Kathy’s Mum).
Anyhows, by 0645 Kathy was limbering up and I followed slowly. We left at 0830 and set out into the Atlantic again. This time there was little wind, but we able to pass close to the famous Cabo Finisterre, the End of The Known World for the Romans. We had a gloriously smooth passage to Portosin, where we are in a busy marina, with some new found Norwegian friends next to us (We met them in La Coruna). We’ve eaten, showered and hopefully soon we will be able to access the internet, before bussing off to the THIRD MOST IMPORTANT CHRISTIAN PLACE IN THE WORLD tomorrow.

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