The last two weeks have seen us make good progress south along the Portuguese Coast. We have enjoyed the warm autumn days and calm seas (as is typical we are never totally happy and would have liked slightly more but not too much wind.) We have had dolphins come along and swim alongside on a number of trips along this part of the coast. We sailed from Figueira da Foz in the company of two Danish yachts, you can see one of them in the photos. We have had some good trips over the last few weeks and whilst sailing along we have been listening to music and various podcasts.… Read More
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The last two weeks have been slow as the weather has been mixed. We have had both glorious sunshine, rain and fog. The winds should be predominately north along this coast at this time of year which would be ideal for us but they have been either non existent or southerly. Progress has been a little slow over the last few weeks, but we are making our way south. We have now reached our first port of call in Portugal and have another new country to explore plus a new language to try and fathom. We enjoyed our stay in Spain but there are a few puzzles we have been… Read More
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When we last updated you we were just preparing to leave A Coruña and sail around the ‘coast of death’. You will be pleased to see that we have survived this and are now on the Spanish Ria’s this is a very popular area for cruising yachts with many fine beaches and towns. We waited seven days in A Coruña for favourable weather to sail west. We were waiting for the winds to subside and not be gale force. We left before sunrise and headed out on the pre dawn light and the wind came up with the dawn and we managed to have a fast but uncomfortable sail due… Read More
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