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A Spanish sailing podcast episode centers on lighthouse keepers — specifically the women who tended Spain's lighthouses — and the documentary film "Aunque Seamos Islas" (Although We Are Islands), premiering at the Festival Internacional de Cine de Gijón on November 15 at the Sala Gijón Sur.8:00 Director Cristina Rodríguez Paz discusses the film, which profiles six women lighthouse keepers: Elvira Pujol, Margarita Peralta, Mercedes Aranzeta, Elena Armendia, Mar Vidal, and María Amelia González, the latter of whom served at Cabo Peñas and appears as a guest.4:12 Only 26 women are documented as having held official lighthouse keeper positions in Spanish history, though many more worked informally alongside their husbands.13:40 The episode also covers a solo delivery passage from Akureyri, northern Iceland, to A Coruña — a voyage originally bound for Cádiz that was cut short by successive Atlantic storms; the skipper stopped at Keflavik for engine work before a 3.5-day passage south in heavy weather.47:38 A book segment from Librería Robinson and a nautical licensing discussion with Roberto Bucetas round out the episode.37:46 The episode also congratulates Marta Cardona as World Sailor of the Year 2025.4:59

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