Ons, swell, fog, views - 24hrs of many parts.
04 September 2017 | Sanxenxo, Galicia, Spain
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Isla Ons was a story of several parts. The trip down was a bit misty and visibility closed down ever further as we arrived and settled on our anchor for the evening. We were anchored off the local nudist beach but the climatic conditions were hardly in its favour. A fine steak was cooked up for the crew but still no red wine to wash it down – note to self – must put in somewhere to go shopping for essentials! Our anchorage turned out to be quite swelly – you know those ones where there is not much wind and the swell just keeps coming and lurches you about all night. We minimized it by deploying our new SeaBrake sea anchor over the windward quarter, which did make quite a difference. Still, a bit of a rocky-rolly night. Woke to reasonable calm and thick fog - and a fishing boat casting its nets around us. OK, so explain this – we are in a protected marine reserve, which from our side includes no fishing, but the local boat gets to pretty much trawl around us- humph! There are many things like that in this part of Spain that leave you asking questions, but we will leave that for another blog entry.
The fog lifted a bit, so we moved the boat up to the moorings off the wee village on Ons and went ashore in the dinghy. It is a delightful island: very unpopulated with fine walks and great views, so long as there is no fog. For us there was a lot for the first half, but it gradually cleared and the second half gave us spectacular views over the Atlantic coast. Then back to the wee village for a nice fishy lunch followed by a quiet sail over to Ria Pontevedra, where we are now anchored off a large and somewhat busy holiday beach. Just hope it is not a boom-boom place – there are some towns where they seem to allow loud music to be played until 3 or 4 in the morning. But we have earplugs if needed…