Having been monitoring the weather from a week before, it was no surprise to see that our intended overnight to Gibraltar was untenable due to the Easterly F8 gales west of the straights. Having arrived in Vilamoura via Faro airport, we enjoyed our day, victualling for the passages and watching the tense England football victory... Continue Reading →
Algarve Ahoy
Leaving Cascais at midday, we experienced a thoroughly enjoyable sail which we sustained through the night, sometimes spirited, sometimes pedestrian but it was SAILING and we didnāt turn the engine start key until we were just outside Lagos at 11.00 the next morning. Lagos is a thoroughly perfect yachting destination and I actually regret that... Continue Reading →
Cascais
After ourĀ 'overnight' passage from Porto, our 9am arrival at the Marina in Cascais was very timely as the office had just opened but the ācheckā in procedure at the swanky reception seemed to take forever for what was the most expensive mooring so far ā how much longer will it take after Brexitā¦.? The... Continue Reading →
Lack of Natural Wind………
Having made significantly better progress than feared, we decided that, with over a week before our flights home from Faro, we could relax and āhopā down the Iberian West coast to Cape St Vicente and our destination on the Algarve. We have visited Muros and Bayona in Spain and Viana do Castela and Porto so... Continue Reading →