Coruna to Villagarcia - Ria de Arosa
Minka of Southampton - Cruising Log
Edmund Wigan
Sun 21 Mar 2010 19:50
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Well this was an interesting trip. If you look at
the map you will see I started off travelling North to get out of Coruna Bay and
then gradually turned West to South then East come into this Ria and North East
up the Ria. The forecast was hopefully going to provide winds moving round with
me as I travelled but they were comparatively light. As you have seen from the
previous blog it was overcast and foggy which did not change much until this
morning.
I kept inshore all the way so was altering course
at each headland. The wind was variable in strength so we did a little motoring
and some motorsailing. If it hadn't been dark at times I would have put the
spinnaker up.
 The
sun going down and
 and
the sun coming up.That has summarised most of the trip except for a
few photos coming up the Ria. The photo above is the entrance.The Ria is huge
being 13nm from the entrance to this marina and it is 5nm wide.
 You
had to have one of a lighthouse on a headlandThe entrance is to the right of the picture. There
are some fascinating rock formations. By the way I came past Finisterre headland
on the way which they say is magnificient. It just looked like another flashing
light to me.
 This
is taken about half way up the Ria which gives an idea of the scale of these
waterwaysAs you can see it became quite a nice
day.
 IndustryThere are a lot of these wooden floating things
which are something to do with fish farming or maybe mussels. I will find out
tomorrow.
That was my trip except I had a technical problem.
Please feel free not to read any further.
Minka has a Volvo 2030 29hp diesel engine. Whilst
motorsailing this started making odd noises and causing vibration throughout the
boat. Occasionally in the past it has made the odd clatter when starting up. I
had a look and thought it must be a faulty engine mounting.
 Port
side rear engine mountIt certainly looks a rusty mess but you can see it
is a little twisted and has been knocking the corner of the crankcase. So I took
it off expecting it to fall to pieces in my hands.
 Well
it didn't fall top pieces but you can see the rubber is separating in two
placesI think it must have just become flexible enough to
allow the edge of the crankcase to vibrate on the engine bearers. On the port
side there is only a 3mm gap anyway. There is about 12mm on the starboard side.
So I have put it back together and will order four new engine mounts. When I fit
them I can then centralise the engine. There is quite a lot of flexibility as it
has two constant velocity joints between the gearbox drive and the propshaft. In
the meanwhile I will just have to put up with it rattling. That is assuming my
diagnosis is correct. So thanks to my brother William for the permanent loan of
his socket set which made the job very easy.
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