On the picture below, I summarise our ride from Rochefort to Muros. As you can see, on the way from Rochefort to A Coruña, we had to divert when we encountered the tail of Danielle and the wind shifted northwest driven by a tropical hurricane going across the North Atlantic. When we reached the coast, a head wind of 30 knots and the swell were so high that we had to use the engine to support our move towards Burela.
Unfortunately, From Burela to A Coruña, and from Coruña to Muros, we were facing weak head winds requiring extensive use of the engine. Nevertheless we passed the Finisterre, the most westward tip of Spain, and we are now heading south to Portugal. Unfortunately, head winds are still expected until the end of the week... But we will manage, fed by excellent chorizo and Spanish food on the way! But tough sailing all together as winds are not favourable!
We left 16:00 on Sunday for Muros, an overnight ride in an attempt to benefit from winds as indicated on Windy. But we did not get much wind.
Photo by Stéphane Lucchini, crew member
However, dolphins were accompanying us throughout the night!
Photo by Stéphane Lucchini, crew member
Muros is a nice small fishermen town. The harbour is full of conchyliculture boats. Notice the large verandas on the front side houses, so typical of Galicia.
Muros harbour, photo by Stéphane Lucchini, crew member
We wanted to depart today for Vigo, a bit further south. However, Windy got us to reconsider as the updated forecast indicates winds hp to 17 m/s (35 knots) and we can see in the harbour gusts at 16 M/S recorded on our anemometer. Besides, it is raining!
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