Last Port in Spain

The last port we visited in Spain was the new marina Viveiro a beautifull marina at the inner end of a huge ria on the top of the spanish coast. The trip from Cedeira to Viveiro was to be one of the toughest I have made in a yacht of 32feet. As we rounded the top of spain heading for France once again with a good forecast from the French and Spanish we heard over the VHF that the Viveiro Atlantic fishing fleet was heading home and encountering storm conditions. They hit us 5 hours out of Viveiro. We were surfing down breaking waves that were we were told up to 45 feet at speeds up to 14 knots with just the missen and very small fore sail. I must say that when Mr Watson designed our boat he really thought about rough weather sailing as we found her easy to control and she never tried to broach. We waited in Viveiro for a month and then in the last week of Sept made the crossing to Camaret in 60 hrs in good conditions. We arrived to a lovely reception from our friends George and Ann Newbold. This was the end of a 2005 season that had taught us that working together with a well found boat like ours is safer than crossing the road. Sal and I are now of the opinion that we can rely on Feels Good to always bring us home safely.