After a chilly, and sometimes rainy, stay in Cascais we made our passage plan to head south to Sines. We woke at 7am ready to head off only to be greeted by high winds, a grey sky and heavy rain so went back to bed! The next day was similar but we agreed we had …
A week on from our arrival in Portugal, and we have worked our way down to Cascais, a popular tourist spot just a short distance from Lisbon. Unfortunately, the weather has turned rainy (it seems we can escape England, but not the English climate!), so we are waiting it out for a few days, and …
Now that we have had a few days to relax in Portugal, I have finally got round to editing the video footage we took during the passage. Hope you enjoy it…
It had been a long time in the planning, and the cause of some anxiety and trepidation, but I’m pleased to report that we have now successfully crossed the Biscay and arrived in Portugal! We were blessed with near perfect weather conditions: the feared Biscay swell and storms never materialised – if anything the wind …
Hurrah! Our dreams of sailing to the Mediterranean may soon become reality! We returned to Cornwall towards the end of April and kept ourselves busy during our quarantine by scrubbing the boat and putting up the sails and running rigging. On our joyous release from isolation the winds picked up…and up. We spent most of …