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We provide sailing tours of Galicia's Rias baixas in our 42ft yacht.

25/04/2025

Here we are at the Celtic settlement of O Facho de Donon, just a short walk from 2 of our regular anchorages. That's the beautiful Cies Islands in the background.

13/04/2025

Here we are at Playa Chancelas which is a 10 minute walk from our home marina. Rock pooling anyone?

03/04/2025

Here we are sailing across the Ria de Pontevedra again. Almost perfect conditions!

29/03/2025

We have found a lovely new anchorage after a splendid four hour sail from Combarro. We've rowed ashore and are just off for a walk. That's our yacht Marta in the bay.

26/03/2025

This is more like it! We're sailing up the Ria de Pontevedra at a steady 4 knots. We plan to anchor somewhere for the night and head back to Combarro tomorrow. Lovely!

25/03/2025

We're visiting Santiago de Compostela today. That's the beautiful cathedral behind. Back to the boat at Combarro this evening.

12/03/2025

We are delighted to be launching our Long Distance Yacht Crew course, which is perfect for anyone wishing to sail as a crew member anywhere in the world! It's tailored to meet the needs of real world cruising skippers, based on years of experience. It is much more than just a basic crew course or “box ticking” exercise. Courses run from September through to December.
See our website for details!

02/03/2025

This is one of many Bronze Age rock carvings to be found at A Caiera, just 10 minute's drive from our marina at Combarro. Tom and I had a sunny walk round in January.
There are still places remaining on our tours if you might like to explore the wonders of this little-known corner of Spain.

16/02/2025

Our article about Galicia's Celtic origins has just been published in the latest edition of Geographical Magazine. The three articles that we've had published so far are available on our website here: https://spain-sailing.com/articles.html
We still have places to fill on our summer 2025 tours so please let us know if you're interested and we'll be able to offer some good discounts. We would like to get everything booked up for our first full season of tours of this wonderful bit of the world.

12/02/2025

Who knew that Galicia in northwest Spain is one of the Celtic nations? Skipper Tom visited O Facho De Donon last week. This is one of many Celtic-built hillforts that are dotted all around Galicia. This particular one is a short walk from one of our favourite anchorages at Barra Beach (it's just the other side of the wooded hill on the left). A fascinating glimpse into the Celtic history of Galicia.
On Friday Geographical Magazine will be publishing our article about the Celtic origins of Galicia, then it will appear in the articles section of our website.

01/02/2025

We have just added a new 'Articles' page to our website. So far we have written two articles, both of which were published in Geographical Magazine in 2024. One is about the geography of the area, and the other deals with the food of the region. In mid-February we will be having a third article published which discusses the Celtic origins of Galicia.
Don't forget that until the end of February we're offering a 20% discount on the remaining tours (discount code FEB20).

30/01/2025

And while we were there last week Skipper Tom checked over the anchor mechanism. We anchored just off the beautiful wooded island of Tambo. You can see our home town of Combarro in the distance.

25/01/2025

We're here in Combarro, Galicia doing some work on Marta. Skipper Tom is on the pontoon and that's a bit of Ed's foot you can see close up. We've replaced the VHF antenna on top of the mast and now the radio is much better!

23/01/2025

We took our yacht Marta out this afternoon just to check everything over. She's absolutely fine and so was the weather!

09/01/2025

This is the 12th century monastery at A Lanzada just along the coast from our home at Combarro Marina. We took this photo in October.
Don't forget that we're offering a 15% discount this month (code JAN15) for our summer sailing tours of the fantastic Rias Baixas area of North-West Spain's Galicia!
Our lovely yacht Marta is currently moored in the marina at Combarro and we hope to be lifting her out of the water later this month to clean her bottom. Photos will follow!

01/01/2025

Happy New Year from Spain Sailing! Here's a picture of Rodas Beach on the Cies Islands taken in Summer 2024. We're looking forward to a fantastic set of summer 2025 tours which will include a visit to this amazing place in our beautiful yacht. We're offering a 15% discount throughout January so please let anyone know who might like to visit this wonderful part of northwest Spain! Just use the discount code JAN15.

17/12/2024

The Camino de Santiago has been a major pilgrimage since the discovery, in the 9th century, of relics of James the Greater. There are several different routes, some even beginning in Portugal and France. The origin of the Camino is the 'spiritual variant' which runs directly through our home 'town', the beautiful village of Combarro. When we go walking in the hills behind Combarro very often we are wished a 'buen Camino' or 'happy Camino' by Spanish tourists who have come to see the historic granite houses on the seafront. The picture shows a decorated wall just above the village. There are many such features and the route is very clearly marked and well known locally.

06/12/2024

This beautiful vista is looking over our marina (at Combarro in Galicia, NW Spain) at the unmistakable outline of Tambo Island. Francis Drake visited it in 1589. He wasn't very popular in Spain at the time as it was the year following the destruction of the Spanish Armada!

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Kirkby La Thorpe
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Telephone

+447962896978

Website

http://www.spain-sailing.com/

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