Heeling over at Adra

When I woke up everything looked good but by the late morning the wind had came up and was soon gusting up to 35 knots, a Force 7 or near gale.

Dave put on yet another rope and kept adjusting the fenders as we heeled over against the marina. Luckily there was no swell to cause the fenders to 'pop' out.

The girls went ashore and headed for the beach but later told us they had been sandblasted by the wind while they were there.

Dave later went off exploring while I stayed aboard doing skippering things and to look after Eureka as I wasn't happy leaving her alone with the wind.

The wind eased in the late afternoon and after dinner aboard we went ashore and found an 'Irish' pub that had wi fi. We were the only customers and got plenty of little tapas with our drinks as there was no one else to eat them.
There doesn't seem to be any life in this little town.

It was calm when we got back to Eureka but having got an up to date forecast we knew that there was more wind due tomorrow and we would be staying put for another day.Read more