May 2025
Lisbon
Checking out Yuma and Oeiros After our very brisk entry into Lisbon’s waters the evening before, we treated ourselves to a long sleep-in within [...]
The Nortada
After a few days in Porto, we were treated to our favourite wind for this coast - a fresh, but not too fresh north [...]
A few days in Porto
The village of Afurada Afurada is, or at least was, a small ocean-fishing village at the river mouth and about half an hour’s walk [...]
Avoiding Orcas
Sailing with dangerous animals In Australia, we have sailed for many years in waters inhabited by potentially dangerous animals such as estuarine crocodiles, various [...]
From Spain to Portugal
The next morning we were underway by 0700. With a brisk dawn breeze coming down from Vigo we were able to quickly make our [...]
The Spanish Rías
We left A Coruña in company with a couple of other boats, including Bojangles a Dutch boat that had been across the pontoon from [...]
A few days in ‘A Cidade de Cristal’
Arrival in A Coruña Most Northern European sailors cross the Bay of Biscay in one go from England, the Channel, or from Brittany and [...]
Leaving Asturias for Galicia
Pleasant sailing with the Code D Our next leg was westwards to Ribadeo on the opposite bank of the river that marks the border [...]
On to the next port
Where to next? Our next port of call was to be either Cudillero or Aviles, it just depended on how far we got comfortably [...]
The Celtic coast of Spain
A coastal hop to Gijón A good weather window opened up to let us make our next move along the coast. This was going [...]