Ep29 | Record Speed on Sail from Coruña to Camariñas on the North Atlantic

November 30 - December 1, 2020 We are sad to leave this vibrant, charming and fun city of A Coruña but it was time to move farther southwest. We left in the late morning on what we thought would be a lazy light-wind day passage on the North Atlantic. But, as is rumored, the North Atlantic is unpredictable and the winds quickly shifted speed and direction while our parasailer is up and we surf a major wave at our record speed of 14.7 knots! We are relieved to arrive the quaint little town Camariñas after sunset, where we anchor in a bay that reminds us of Norway, find our own secluded little paradise, Niko catches his first fish of the trip and experience one of the most dramatic sunsets we had ever seen! We stop at the marina gas station to top up our deisel before we head out on the Bay of Biscay again. We started off with light winds, but speed wasn't a problem with the parasailer up at an average of 7knots! At around 14:00, we get contacted by a fellow sailor by VHF. Bart, who we met in Viveiro thru a contact we met in Laber Wrach got in some trouble - His genoa "rope" stuck in his propellor! He wanted us to tow his boat to an anchorage 20nm away! He wasn't in danger & his heavy steel boat would've put too much strain on our boat, so Captain Eivind advised him to sail with his main to the nearest anchorage. With 3 kids on board and me being seasick, it was a wise decision. Ps - he sailed safely to an anchorage in the end, stopping before us. Warming up ravioli. I was pretty optimistic that I could warm up some ravioli in these light winds. Can you tell I was concentrating hard here to not get seasick?. Well, it didn't work. Right about here is where I am really starting to feel it, which wasn't actually so strange since the winds had picked up and we were getting larger waves. I tried to keep a game face on, but the waves had gotten bigger and the food took way too long to heat up. The food came up not long after this video. I threw up after this?. ? The wind had picked up quite a bit as I was making dinner and we actually surfed a wave at 14.7 knots and then The wind then shifted. We needed to jibe, too, so we took down the parasailer and put the genoa up after that! Still sailing at 6 knots! Celebrating our top speed of 14.7 knots with Doritos, of course. Ok, the big wave already passed?think they were 3-4 meters high! Almost there with sunset at 18:35 20:30 - arrive camarinas Actually, we decide to stay one day to recover and to enjoy this peaceful little piece of Spain. It was also the first day of Dec, and therefore time to break out the Advents calendar and decorations. Small joys! Crazy to think that Christmas was quickly approaching and we had still not arrived the Canaries yet. But, we were thankful to be on the move southbound! Maybe we'd make it there by Christmas!? Dec 1, 2020 - 8:51 - We celebrated with a surprise in their Christmas calender & watching the first episode of of Norway's Christmas advent program "Stjernestøv" And, it we found out it WAS quite a small labyrinth of streets. We could see traces of Camariñas history in every closed shop window where lacey items were on display. This sleepy fishing village is known internationally for its traditional bobbin lacework! That's why we saw so many Tablecloths, bed linens, quilts, cloths, and even dresses in lace in every store window?The town was pretty vacant, but we were used to that by now in these Corona times. It was time we explore Camarinas nearby forest-beach, which reminded us so much of Norway. Dec 2, 2020 Join us in the next episode as we sail from Camariñas to Vigo around Cape Finnistarae on the rugged North Atlantic again while the dolphins distract us and we experience a broach! The weather hammers us in the Vigo harbor, but we enjoy a vibrant, Christmas-decorated old & modern city in Northwestern Spain. ----------------------------------------- CREDITS: MOVAVI VIDEO SUITE 25 BRANDCROWD EPIDEMIC SOUND: It's Pale Blue - Rasmus Faber Augusto Caliente - Los Principes del Flamenco O Christmas Tree (Lofi Version) - Dylan Sitts El Toque De Rafa - Andres Cantu There is No Sequel - Philip Ayers ----------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for watching! We appreciate you & any comments you would like to write! ;) Don't forget to subscribe! All the best, ELANE