Ares
26/04/07 15:03 Filed in: Ría de Ares
By 08:00 when I get up the wind has died completely and it is flat calm though overcast and threatening showers.
View NE from anchorage at Ares.
While at anchor I can potter about sorting out stowage. The boat and her kit need to be fully switched over from port mode to sea mode.
A new marina has been built at Ares which the chart and pilot books do not show. It is shown on our electronic Navionics chart and in the almanac. I decide to go in and have a look. They only have two nights available.
I spend the rest of the afternoon sorting and stowing and weigh anchor at 16:20 with 22 knot northerly wind. As the anchor comes clear of the bottom Kiriwina is blown downwind fairly trapidly and in my haste to get the anchor stowed I experience a fingers clear of the windlass malfunction which left 3 fingers on my left hand looking a tad rojo.
With my left hand wrapped in a towel we proceed to the berth and helped by the boatswain we are are all fast by 16:40.
The office staff are very helpful and after filling out the usual long form I pay €19:48 for two nights. The marina was built by Portos de Galicia in 2003 and is managed by Club Náutico Ría de Ares. It is in the process of being expanded with a substantial number of new berths being added.
Rather than broach my first aid kit I decide to walk into Ares and buy some bandaids. Ares sits on the edge of a bay ringed by a very long beach. The town is very old but has recently undergone something of a building boom which continues. Some of the new buildings lack sympathy with their neighbours. There are several bar/cafes facing the beach with other shops and services in the streets further back from the beach. The library has free internet access.
View NE from anchorage at Ares.
While at anchor I can potter about sorting out stowage. The boat and her kit need to be fully switched over from port mode to sea mode.
A new marina has been built at Ares which the chart and pilot books do not show. It is shown on our electronic Navionics chart and in the almanac. I decide to go in and have a look. They only have two nights available.
I spend the rest of the afternoon sorting and stowing and weigh anchor at 16:20 with 22 knot northerly wind. As the anchor comes clear of the bottom Kiriwina is blown downwind fairly trapidly and in my haste to get the anchor stowed I experience a fingers clear of the windlass malfunction which left 3 fingers on my left hand looking a tad rojo.
With my left hand wrapped in a towel we proceed to the berth and helped by the boatswain we are are all fast by 16:40.
The office staff are very helpful and after filling out the usual long form I pay €19:48 for two nights. The marina was built by Portos de Galicia in 2003 and is managed by Club Náutico Ría de Ares. It is in the process of being expanded with a substantial number of new berths being added.
Rather than broach my first aid kit I decide to walk into Ares and buy some bandaids. Ares sits on the edge of a bay ringed by a very long beach. The town is very old but has recently undergone something of a building boom which continues. Some of the new buildings lack sympathy with their neighbours. There are several bar/cafes facing the beach with other shops and services in the streets further back from the beach. The library has free internet access.