Adventures of Sailing Yacht Mist
Sailing in Spain
We spent almost a full month at Las Palmas at it was high time to leave. After filling up with diesel we left Marina Las Palmas a quarter past one in the afternoon. Nice sailing, close hauled, at first but after a few hours the wind died and we had to motor towards Marina Rubicon. …
We were heading for Lanzarote but the wind was stronger than forecasted and more on the nose so after a few hours of uncomfortable sailing we decided to go for plan B, changed course and headed for Las Palmas instead. Instead of arriving at Lanzarote in broad daylight we arrived at Marina Las Palmas in …
We did not feel finished with Tenerife so we decided to go back, we also had some friends comings to Tenerife for a weeks holiday and we were looking forward seeing them. It was a lot easier to get a marina berth when most boats heading for the Carabien had left the Canaries. We left …
Our children and grand children was planning to go to Puerto Rico de Gran Canaria for Christmas. To visit us and to celebrate Christmas together. We left Marina San Miguel at dawn, 2 reefs in the main and the heavy weather jib. Close hauled on port tack and we were doing good progress towards Puerto …
We left Las Galletas after just one night, motoring to the nearby very sheltered Marina San Miguel. San Miquel is just a golf resort and a marina but the nearby village San Blas is in walking distance, just a few kilometres away. We went for walks and a hike to Las Galletas, nice views and …
La Gomera was really nice but it was time to get closer to Gran Canaria where we have booked a berth in Puerto Rico marina for Christmas. We left Marina San Sebastian at nine fifteen in the morning. Nice sailing at first but the wind dropped and we had to motor. A pod of pilot …
After 4 days of cleaning the boat from ash we felt we had enough of La Palma and it was time to move on. We left Santa Cruz de La Palma late in the afternoon as we wanted to get to Gomera at dawn. Very little wind so we motored slowly towards Marina La Gomera …
After 11 days in Quinta do Lordo it was time to move on. It was very difficult to get a berth or mooring anywhere in the Canaries but Marina Santa Cruz de La Palma welcomed us so together with sy Capella we left Quinta do Lordo in the morning November 18th. Really good sailing to …
We left Viveiro at dawn. Light winds and to be sure to reach A Coruna before dusk we had to motorsail. We arrived just after 5 pm and was given a good berth by the marina staff. We Took a walk into the town. There was a lot of activities going on. The next day …
We left Luarca at 6 am, rather tired after two nights with very little sleep. Light winds meant motoring ones again. We could sail for a short while at lunchtime and then the wind died again. At 4 pm we arrived at Viveiro marina. We went for a walk and did some provisioning at the …