We woke up especially early today with the plan of getting to Vigo and a new marina early to prepare for our guests.
But looking out of the windows, we were met with walls of fog.
We waited a while, but set off in fog anyway with the fog horn at the ready, lights on and a lookout on the bow.
The fog continued to be patchy until we reached Vigo.
There are many ports in and around Vigo, and we went for the cheapest, that we could also book through the Navily app, to make things easy.
Guests
Warren and Daisy arrived in Porto last night, stayed in an AirBnb for the night and will be in Vigo after a little coach ride for noon and a short taxi trip.
The coach was €30 for both, and the taxi ride was only €12 + tip. Not bad considering the change of country due to our plans changing.
Soon after they arrived we headed to stock up with provisions for the coming week or so.
This trolly picture was either taken by Warren or Daisy, you pick, they both look the same
Relaxing was done and @wozzletron made a delicious grilled nectarine feta cheese Mediterranean salad for dinner, on the side of Kathryn’s fresh sourdough loaf for dinner, with a spot of wine.
The fog was thick here this morning. Big ship fog horns blasting in the background. We could barely see the boats around us an hour ago, now the sun is breaking through and we can see the beach that we are anchored off. Time to head to a marina in Vigo to pickup out first guests, let’s hope the fog continues to clear as we head south!!#fog #sailing #sailinghannahpenn #sailinglife #foggy #foggymorning #flatwater
Get ready, this is an exciting one, Galley tour time!
Welcome to Hannah Penn’s tiny kitchen. In this little corner of the main saloon we prepare all of our meals (jokes, there is a table in the saloon that we use too, or when it’s a bed we put a board on top!).
Galley, with cover boards on
You’ll notice various kitchen items missing in the picture above, that’s because they are all covered over with boards to keep things tidy, and make the space more useful during the day. Also the fridge is just out of shot to the right.
The boards get stowed alongside the galley, and the kitchen area then looks something like this.
Galley, with cover boards off, revealing kitchen things
The main features of the galley are:
2 burner stove
Oven
Grill
Instant hot water heater
Fresh water sink
Fridge
Stowage
This is mostly powered by butane gas which we occasional buy from shore in 4.5kg bottles. (Currently we use Calor, but as we have left the UK we will need to change that soon)
The fridge box is old, but the compressor is brand new and fitted during the 2022 haul out. It’s hidden behind this door to the right of the main galley area. Keep and eye out for the fridge upgrade post in the future..
This is not an original Camper and Nicholsons galley, it was renovated by the previous owner of Hannah Penn about 12 years ago. However the Vaillant water heater is original, still going strong 50 years later.
Vaillant water heater
The sink drains straight into the sea, so we need to be careful about what we put down the sink. For this reason we use diluted eco friendly cleaning products, such as Ecover for washing up liquid, and Oceansaver and bicarbonate of soda for general cleaning.
The sink had 2 taps, both for fresh water. One was hand operated, the other electric pump operated, but we have removed the hand operated tap for now, in preparation for installation of a new salt water tap which should allow us to conserve some fresh water while doing the dishes.
Galley sink uncovered, and surrounding area.
Behind the sink we also have 2 sets of bilge pump controls for our 2 bilge pumps, and a gas alarm.
The galley is full of compartments for stowing things in, most of these contain kitchen related items or food:
Big cupboard beneath sink for large pots and pans
Draws for cutlery and utensils
Cupboards above stove for spices and staples
Dedicated plate, bowl and mug holders
Large compartment accessible in the worktop to the right of the sink for easy access food
Fridge for the cold stuff
Under the oven… Various toolboxes…
The galley also has one of the windows from the saloon, so while your cooking you can gaze out to sea… Still wish it opened though, maybe that’ll change in the future.
Many more jobs were done in the morning, more shopping, stowing, cleaning, deck scrubbing, washing etc.
From Zoe
We made some friends on Instagram who we then also met in real life as they were moored just a few boats down. Introducing @sailingvesselzoe. Also planning on making their way toward Canada on their Hallberg Rassy 36 called Zoe. We should be continuing to sail around the same area for the next few weeks, so hopefully we will cross paths again.
To Nude
As we said yesterday, we are now aiming for Vigo for the 3rd of August (2 days time), so want to progress down the coast a little more.
We already looked at some anchorages a few days ago, so continued down to the south, and headed to the last on the list.
We both also managed to squeeze in some time for work during and just after the sail. (Adam will talk about the internet setup in a blog post soon)
We arrived at the anchorage surprisingly early given our track record for the last few hops. So we headed on to the beach (Praia de Barra).
Today I started working again 10 hours a week
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