La Coruna
A visit to the grave of Sir John Moore
29/10/06 19:07
An evening stroll around the waterfront
27/10/06 18:29
Winter Berth
12/10/06 06:27
Today is a public holiday and I had a chat with the marina duty manager who seems quite keen to attract longer stay visitors during the low season. He takes me around the inner marina basin which is noticeably calmer then the outer basin and a good safe mooring location.
He offers me a very attractive rate for the winter and although the marina facilities are incomplete the rate and central location convince me to stay. There is no option of shore storage but this was not essential.
Later in the afternoon I move 'Kiriwina" to her new berth in the inner harbour.
Spend an enjoyable evening out with David and Joss.
He offers me a very attractive rate for the winter and although the marina facilities are incomplete the rate and central location convince me to stay. There is no option of shore storage but this was not essential.
Later in the afternoon I move 'Kiriwina" to her new berth in the inner harbour.
Spend an enjoyable evening out with David and Joss.
La Coruña/Sada
11/10/06 10:23
The pilot books speak quite highly of a small port called Sada which is in the Ria Betanzos about 12 miles from La Corunna.
I decided to go and have a look and made the trip by bus. It's a nice spot with a modern marina but it's pretty remote and the moorings are quite a walk from the office and facilities. A plan is evolving where I winter the boat in this area and take a side trip for a couple of months at which time the boat would be hauled out and left ashore.
Sada marina was supposed to offer such facilities but they do not have sufficient boat cradles to offer shore storage. I won't be staying in Sada.
Back to La Corunna. Walking through the old town after dinner with Joss we come across David from "Exubrant" who I had met in Gijon. He had left Gijon before me but had made a few stops along the way hence his later arrival.
David and self.
I decided to go and have a look and made the trip by bus. It's a nice spot with a modern marina but it's pretty remote and the moorings are quite a walk from the office and facilities. A plan is evolving where I winter the boat in this area and take a side trip for a couple of months at which time the boat would be hauled out and left ashore.
Sada marina was supposed to offer such facilities but they do not have sufficient boat cradles to offer shore storage. I won't be staying in Sada.
Back to La Corunna. Walking through the old town after dinner with Joss we come across David from "Exubrant" who I had met in Gijon. He had left Gijon before me but had made a few stops along the way hence his later arrival.
David and self.