Back to La Coruna
20 June 2011 | La Coruna
The alarm was set to wake us early so we could get some of the bulk of the journey to A Coruna out the way in case the forecast NE set in. We motored in very little wind and a slight swell for a few hours, then were brave enough to pop the kite. Wow, what a difference that made, we had 10 knts of breeze and were making a good 7knots of boat speed, the motion became quite steady. The visibility was amazing, we could see all the way across the NE coast of Spain right up to Cabo Octogal and as far back as Cabo Vilano. The extent of the wind generators on the ridges never ceases to amaze us. Spain is very environmentally aware, they must generate a good proportion of their electricity by the wind farms. With 20 mins to go, kite still up and running well by the lee, we decided to attempt to drop the the kite (as it takes us about 15 mins) before a windshift forced us onto the rocks! No problems. We slowly drifted into Coruna and moored up in the Marina Nautico. A quick walk around confirmed that this was still one of our favourite places of the trip so far. The marina wall was still covered in fantastic sea creatures.