Vigo to Baiona via Isla San Simon
08/06/07 15:44 Filed in: Ria de Vigo
A busy day today. We left RCN Vigo at 11:30 and proceeded up the Ria towards Isla San Simon.
On the way we passed under the impressive Rande bridge.
Isla San Simon is a lovely little island and has quite a history. It has housed a monastery, which was sacked by English pirates, and a leper colony. In 1936 it was used to house political prisoners. In this capacity it was featured in the film of the Manuel Rivas novel El lapiz del Carpintero. Manuel is a well known Galician writer from La Coruña and had a little cameo in the film. From 1955 to 1963 it was used as an orphanage for the children of seafarers.
Its current use is not apparent and no entry signs are posted at all landing points although I think there are tourist day trip boats in the summer.
Hola Lis.
As we approached Isla San Simon the wind started to increase and by the time we anchored it was gusting SW 20knots. I deployed Kiriwini and went for a trip around the island.
We left Isla San Simon at 14:30 and had a relaxed motor into a dying wind all the way down the Ria de Vigo to Baiona where we moored at Puerto Deportiva Baiona at 18:30.
On the way we passed under the impressive Rande bridge.
Isla San Simon is a lovely little island and has quite a history. It has housed a monastery, which was sacked by English pirates, and a leper colony. In 1936 it was used to house political prisoners. In this capacity it was featured in the film of the Manuel Rivas novel El lapiz del Carpintero. Manuel is a well known Galician writer from La Coruña and had a little cameo in the film. From 1955 to 1963 it was used as an orphanage for the children of seafarers.
Its current use is not apparent and no entry signs are posted at all landing points although I think there are tourist day trip boats in the summer.
Hola Lis.
As we approached Isla San Simon the wind started to increase and by the time we anchored it was gusting SW 20knots. I deployed Kiriwini and went for a trip around the island.
We left Isla San Simon at 14:30 and had a relaxed motor into a dying wind all the way down the Ria de Vigo to Baiona where we moored at Puerto Deportiva Baiona at 18:30.