Category Archives: Portugal – Algarve Coast

July 13 – 15, 2014 – Time to move on again.  We motored west 6.5 miles – our shortest day at sea since leaving Newport last year – to an anchorage off Portimao where we enjoyed some boat made sangria … Continue reading →

Friday/Saturday, July 11 – 12, 2014 – Tucked into our little rental car we headed west back to see Cape St. Vincent, the southwest corner of Europe from land.  Friends who had both sailed around the Cape and visited by land had … Continue reading →

July 9 – 10, 2014 – By early afternoon we were sailing south in steep rolling seas.  Waves at 5 seconds apart are significantly less comfortable then at 9 seconds apart.  These were close together and very uncomfortable.  Twenty four … Continue reading →