Corrubedo ⚓

Even though we have already passed the Costa de la Muerte (Coast of Death), as so many ships have sunk here throughout history, navigating these coasts is still quite tricky. We constantly have to make navigation decisions. Why? You may ask. Because of the killer whales (orcas) that are migrating north along th Portuguese and Spanish coast. Along the way we have learned that every sailor has their fears or challenges. For us, for now that still entails the chance of meeting orcas again.

Current advice to limit the chance of an orca interaction is to try to stay as close to 20m of water as possible. Here comes the tricky part. The coast here is well known for the numerous rocks laying along the coast. On top of that within a matter of seconds and meters the depth of water can go from 5 to 20 to 40+ meters. Add to that the ocean swell (waves) which makes you don't want to be too close to the coast either. And another aspect we have to take into account of course is the wind. Which obviously gets less strong the closer we get to the coast.

All of this combined makes that we constantly have to choose between wind, waves, rocks and the 20m line. For us this means we sail much more into the rias and bays than other boats do to try to stay within 20m of water, while still looking out for rocks. When you look at our routes compared to other boats you can clearly see that we cuddle the coastline a lot more than other do. We did so again on our short trip to Corrubedo.

We were actually able to sail quite a bit to our anchorage at Corrubedo. Just before the Ria de Arosa. Unfortunately, the wind mostly picked up by the time we arrived... Which meant that the first couple of hours at anchor were quite windy and rolly. But after a while the wind calmed down and left us to enjoy this gorgeous anchoring which we shared again with the Simon Hendrick. We were anchored so close to the Atlantic Ocean, it was very cool! The sights when the sun set and when we woke up the next morning were absolutely gorgeous. Even though we started the next day pretty foggy again.Meer informatie