SAGRES
Again we left early in the morning. About 70 miles to sail today. We would round the most southern tip of Europe! It was a perfect sailing day again. The Portuguese coastline is very variable. Huge rock formations, cliffs, beaches in between and lots of windmills along the coast. [...]
SINES
Next stop going south was Sines. Distance about 70 miles, so we left Lisbon early in the morning. A few hours to go sailing today! Around 8 o'clock we untied the lines. Goodbye Lisbon! And what a beautiful sighting when we sailing out of the marina! The colours of [...]
LISBON
We left Ilha de Berlengha not too late and not before baking a fresh bread! After lunch, the weather was that good we could fly the red beast again! What a gorgeous day for sailing further south! Going at great speed doing around 9 knots, with the 2 of [...]
ILHA DE BERLENGA
This morning we were not in a hurry at all. We were going to Islas Berlengas which is not too far and we decided to chill a little before we would leave. The big lure had proven not to be very successful for the tuna and when we came [...]
FIGUEIRA DA FOZ
Today we were going to sail south again. Direction Figueira da Foz. The plan was to go on anchor somewhere near Figueira. We left early with a burst of beautiful sunshine but no wind. Mainsail up, motor on and .... Captain decided to go fishing. Fishing rods out. Never caught [...]
PORTO
Today we are going to explore Porto. One advise to start with: PUT ON YOUR WALKING SHOES! Porto is very hilly! To give you an idea: the height difference between the Douro River, which is the lowest point, and the city centre, which is not even the highest point!, [...]