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Royal Cruising Club Pilotage Foundation South Biscay 7th Edition 2012 ISBN 978 184623 375 3 This replaces all previous supplements Supplement No.10 May 2021 Further updates are available, as they come in at https://rccpf.org.uk/Pilotage-Notices Acknowledgements Caution Whilst the Royal Cruising Club Pilotage Foundation, the Thanks are due to the following: author and the publishers have used reasonable 2013 endeavours to ensure the accuracy of the contents of this Christian Redlich, Plancton, Jim Peto, Aquayla, Jane book, it contains selected information and thus is not Russell, Tinfish II, Mike Redfern, Dafony, David Ridout, definitive. It does not contain all known information on Kelpie, Nigel Wollen, Wishhound II, James Pickford, the subject in hand and should not be relied upon alone for navigational use: it should only be used in conjunction Kalabash and Marc Labaume. with official hydrographical data. This is particularly 2014 relevant to the plans, which should not be used for John Lancaster-Smith, Henry Buchanan, Jane Russell navigation. The Pilotage Foundation, the author and the publishers believe that the information which they have 2015 included is a useful aid to prudent navigation, but the Gavin McClaren, Richard Salkeld, Martin Walford safety of a vessel depends, ultimately, on the judgment of the skipper, who should access all information, published 2016 or unpublished. The information provided in this book Arend Jan Klinkhamer, Rosa, Ian Powolny, William may be out of date and may be changed or updated Maltby, Jake Backus without notice. The Pilotage Foundation cannot accept liability for any error, omission or failure to update such 2017 information. To the extent permitted by law, the Pilotage Miranda Delmar-Morgan, Nigel Southward, Peter Hansen Foundation, the author and the publishers do not accept 2018 liability for any loss and/or damage, howsoever caused, that may arise from reliance on information contained in Mike and Hilde Gill, Ton van der Meulen, these pages. Geraldine Hennigan & Norman Kean, Philip Leith, Martin Walford, Jake Backus This supplement contains amendments and corrections sent in by a number of cruising yachtsmen and women, in 2019 addition to those culled from official sources such as Notices Mike Gill, William Garnett, Nigel Calder to Mariners. 2020 Positions and waypoints Mike Gill, Antony Wells, Nigel Calder, Nick Chavasse All positions and waypoints are to datum WGS84. They are included to help locating place, features and transits. Do 2021 not rely on them alone for safe navigation. Doug MacArthur Bearings and lights Page 3 Winds Any bearings are given in degrees True and from seaward. On the N coast the sea breeze reinforces the moderate to The characteristics of lights may be changed during the fresh northerly gradient winds commonly experienced. This lifetime of this book and they should be checked against leads to strong winds in mid-afternoon in most anchorages the latest edition of the UK Admiralty List of Lights. and in their approaches, sometimes reaching 30kn. Note Where lights have been modified in the text do please Conversely, the overnight land breeze moderates the north remember to alter them on the appropriate plan(s). wind and sometimes overcomes it completely. The result is This supplement is cumulative and the latest information is anchorages that are decidedly breezy from early afternoon marked in blue. until mid-evening and then give way to peaceful nights. Page 4 Swell For any of the river entries that face directly into the Bay of Biscay, and which have any kind of a bar at their entrance, Given the ongoing uncertainties of Covid 19, as well as the it is worth noting how rapidly the seas can build. It is impact of Brexit on regulations and paperwork for UK reported that after entering Navia in almost a calm and cruisers, readers are encouraged to seek updates from the after little wind overnight, there were substantial seas on websites of the OCC, Cruising Association, RYA or the bar from something going on further out in the Bay of Noonsite. Biscay. 1 Page 5 Gas Another preconception is that the Spanish YCs, especially A standard Spanish bottle (12.5 kg butane) fits most boats - those with the appellation ‘Real’ (royal) and thus blessed by dimensions are 300mm dia by 595mm high with the the King or his antecedents are snooty. There is no doubt regulator on and costs €15 for 12.5 kg. The regulator is the that certain members of these clubs were hoping to hobnob push-on type which is standard also in Ireland, and costs with folk higher up the food chain than your average €12 in the ferreterias. cruiser but this is certainly not the view or attitude of the management. Page 6 Formalities The majority of boats are never visited by officials but at Page 11 Weather most marinas it is sometimes necessary to produce ship’s Santander MRSC forecast. 1455 should read 1445. papers and passports for all on board. These were often Page 14 La Gironde - Chartlet Grande Passe del l’Ouest photocopied. The channel is reported to have moved south in May 2014. It should be noted that the Spanish maritime ensign, The BXA SWB has moved about 1·5M S to the position which should be flown as a courtesy flag, differs from the indicated on the chartlet. Buoy No 6 remains where it was, Spanish national flag in that it does not have the crown in and Buoys 1–5 run in a straight line from BXA to No 6. the centre. Page 19 La Gironde river - Southern entrance (Passe Sud) - Page 7 Yacht Clubs Approach In Galicia attitudes are more straightforward, the yacht The Passe du Sud/de Grave is effectively closed. Apart from clubs are collectively gathered into ASNAUGA whose the landfall buoy (45°30’·4N 001°15’·5W) all the others intention is to encourage visiting yachtsmen. have been removed. Storms have shifted the banks so the There is a lot to be said for the yacht club versus the entrance is no longer viable even in totally benign commercial marina. We are all familiar with the large conditions. commercial marinas, like hotels they vary little from one continent to the other but here in Galicia each YC is Page 34 Paulliac - Berthing different from the next; the product of its history and There is a brand new visitors’ pontoon to port as you enter, membership. orientated N–S. Lie alongside either side. Closer to There are two principal reasons to try a yacht club rather washrooms. than a marina, the first is the intriguing variety already Page 36 Bordeaux - berthing mentioned and the second is cost, in most cases the YC’s daily rates are less than those of the commercial marinas, The waiting pontoon outside the entrance to Basin No 1 up to 25% it is claimed, although I have no direct evidence and Basin No 2 has been been temporarily removed while of this. Where there are both commercial and YC marinas the dockyard is being refurbished. in the same port the prices tend to be similar but the Demasted yachts and motor boats with max air draft of differences lie elsewhere. Take as an example A Coruña. 5.4m may pass under the Pont Chaban Delmas when the The daily rate for a 12m boat is around €32 in both bridge is down. There is a delightful 155m visitor's marinas and mundane facilities such as showers, laundry pontoon, the Ponton d'Honneur on the west bank just etc. are much the same but in the RCNC basin you have downstream of the Pont de Pierre. It has water & not just the town at your feet but the use of the magnificent electricity, is securely gated, very inexpensive, and in the and elaborate Club building complete with liveried centre of town. The pontoon is run by the Mairie, not by attendants. the Port, so info is on the Metropole website, not the port's There are other benefits, for example clubs do not charge one: www.bordeaux-metropole.fr/Sortir-decouvrir/Le- for short stays, eg refueling and lunching in the clubhouse. fleuve/Bordeaux-Metropole-votre-escale-de-plaisance If any Club marina disputes this, refer them to Javier Ruiz It is possible for masted yachts to go through the raised de Cortazar Diaz, president of the clubs’ association, bridge which is lifted for large cruise ships and ASNAUGA. In most, if not all clubs, marina staff do not maintenance. Bridge lifting dates may be found on: mind if departure is delayed until 1900 or so, a useful https://sedeplacer.bordeaux-metropole.fr/Toutes-les-infos- feature if a night passage is on the cards. Another circulation/Pont-Chaban-Delmas-Fermetures characteristic of the clubs are the strange stainless steel Be aware that a masted yacht might be stuck there for boxes one sees, usually near the office. These are 24 hour several days! info points (Punta de informations) and one day they may Page 42 Arcachon - Entrance actually work… The entrance is tricky and has severe tides. There tend to be several preconceptions about the YCs, The channel has moved around 300m East. Follow the which I will try to address. The first is that they are more lateral buoys, taking advice from Cap Ferret coastguard as expensive and this we have already covered. The second is to where in the channel is deepest. The most dangerous that they have no space for visitors or that they do not stretch is where the channel turns N and swell over the welcome them. All YC marinas in Galicia keep 10% of sandbanks is beam on.