After the last vicious storm when we saw frequent Gale Force 8, occasional Severe Gale Force 9 and a gust that just tipped into Storm force 10 - and this was in the sheltered part of the harbour - its a relief to have some calm. One of the great points about this boat over the last is how serene it is below when the weather is raging outside - we had no problem living on the boat in these conditions.
What a difference a day makes - well, two actually, yesterday the winds dropped to about 20 knots and kept a big swell running, crashing into the harbour walls and along the coast. We managed a great walk along the coast and found a cliff edge bar that must have been a very dramatic place to be over the last few days and or there, for first time ever in Spain, we had a Brussel Sprout tapas - amazing; sprouts are vastly improved by garlic, chilli and jamon!
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| Looks a totally different place in the sun |
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| And you thought Christmas was over!! |
Today the winds are down to around 10knots or less and sun came out. It looks like a different place altogether.
We walked to end of the west breakwater this afternoon, it was completely covered in crashing waves before.
For the first time a few days we managed a G&T on the aft deck and watched the sunset.
We also took the opportunity to have the rigging checked and re-tensioned, it’s had two months of sometimes hard sailing since it was first rigged and the wires have stretched out.
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| G & T on deck - first time in ages |
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| Some adjustment needed to the rigging |
Hope to leave tomorrow and sail around the headland of Cabo de la Nad.
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| That's our next headland to sail round |
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