Ep19 | Crossing the BAY of BISCAY | LinneaSailing

From Brest to Gijón, 298 NM across the Bay of Biscay. Deciding how to make it to Spain has been a struggle for many boats this season. The orcas along the Spanish and Portuguese coast have been very active and almost daily there were reports of sailboats being attacked and having their rudder destroyed. Some boats decided to go on the inside of the Biscay, staying along the coast, other skipped the northwest corner of Spain all together, and some, like us, headed a bit more east when doing the crossing. All in all, everything went well and we had a fantastic sailing window with little over 2 days of sailing before making land fall in Spain. The Bay of Biscay is notorious for it's high swells and and fierce winds, but luckily we saw nothing of that and the weather prediction held up better than expected 😃 Our first "long" passage is completed! Hope you'll enjoy sailing along! ________ We are Emmy and Marcus, a Swedish couple who has decided to leave our home and set sail. For now the goal is Caribbean, but who really knows how far your dreams might take you? Welcome aboard our sailboat Linnea! Do you want more LinneaSailing? Follow us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/linneasailing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/linneasailing Website: https://www.linneasailing.com If you like to support our work and get exclusive access to special content, check out our Patreon page and consider making a donation! It will help us reach even further with our video creation project. Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/linneasailing Fair winds everyone! Music from Uppbeat Use this code to sign up, and get some music too! https://uppbeat.io/?referral=emmy-g7jcq