The Bay of Biscay is aptly named the Bay of Bones due to all the ship wrecks that have occurred there.  The reputation hails from the times of the square riggers which would get trapped by prevailing westerly winds against the coasts of Brittany and North West Spain.  High winds combined with rapid reduction in depth around the continental shelf results in some tempestuous in the Bay.

This was one of the most feared passages of our journey and also the first time Sheila and the children had done a passage of more than a day. We had therefore planned originally to go across with the Biscay Triangle Rally.  However, weather conditions caused the rally to change its plans and head to Benidet in France rather than our destination of La Coruna in Spain.  In the end we decided to go it alone and peeled off from the rally as the boats approached France.  One other yacht, another Oyster named Solway Mist, came too.  We greatly enjoyed her crew’s company en route and when we arrived in harbour after a hard slog across the notorious Bay of Bones!!!

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