Sea Rose had her first overnight sail.  The trip from La Rochelle to Santander took 32 hours.  The winds were 10-12 knots and the seas were moderate.  When morning came it was a beautiful day.

Not a single stinking bite.  Looks like we’ll be having lunch meats again.

Doing night watches will eventually catch up with you.  Resting up for the big night in Santander.

Land Ho!  After about 29 hours, the Spanish coast was in sight. The winds had increased to 22-25 knots and the seas were now 5-6 feet.  We had to put our 1st reef in. We lost Teresa for the remainder of the trip (down, but not out).

After a 32 hour overnight sail it’s time to clean the salt off the Sea Rose.  Capt. Glen and Teresa are breaking out the water, brushes and mops.

Sea Rose is all cleaned up now and securely tied to the dock.  We planned to stay here 3 days, but due to high winds on our departure day we stayed an extra 2 days.

We rigged the Code 0 up in the marina.  We wanted to make sure we had all the parts and also knew how to deploy it when underway. It’s a big sail.

Now it was time for the famous pinchos (fast food) in Santander.  Our marina was on the other side of the bay, so it required a taxi ride into town.  Fortunately, we had our Spanish translator with us.  Thank you Teresa!

A typical street in the old part of town.

The Spanish love their jamón serrano.

Here’s an interesting shop that caught someone’s attention.  No, we’re not in Colorado.

A bad case of munchies after the shopping.  Enjoying pinchos.

We’re not sharing, it’s just me and the mouse.

Bob making friends with the staff, to be expected.

We didn’t only eat and drink.  We did get some historical sightseeing.  We visited the  Santander Cathedral.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santander_Cathedral

Santander at night.