Sketch Galicia 2010

RM 900 Meije 2

• Epoxy-coated CTPX sloop. Length: 9.00 m, Beam: 3.50 m, Draft: 1.35 m
• Displacement: 3,600 kg
• Sail area: 34 + 13 m²
• Crew: Jean-François B and Dominique HILT, Hervé and Marie Hélène LE BOT

Navigation

• Outward journey: Concarneau – Viveiro 314 nautical miles, 67 hours, average speed 4.63 knots
• Return: Caion – Le Conquet 349 Nautical Miles 75 hours 4.62 knots average speed
• In total, approximately 1000 nautical miles
  

List of anchorages in order of visit: Brest, Sein, Glenan, Viveiro, Puerto Bares, Esenada de Ares, Esnada de Mera, La Coruna, Caion, Le Conquet, Brignogan, Port Blanc, Dahouet.

Mostly favorable winds. In Galicia, mostly easterly/northeast winds and no fog. We sailed downwind with our sails wing-and-wing from Caion to Port Blanc.

Note a line of altitude of Jupiter in the middle of the night on the horizon against the light halo of the Spanish coast; lines of Venus and of the sun.

Numerous dolphins, a pod of pilot whales, a fin whale, and very high blows seen in the distance.

VEIG drawings