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From Portugal back to Spain
The Algarve From our last anchorage it was a short hop under cliffs eroded into arches, caverns and pillars and into the harbour at Lagos where we moored up [...]
Rounding Portugal’s southwest coast
Having enjoyed a good taste of what Lisbon and its satellite beach towns had to offer, it was time to get back under way. So, having fuelled up, we [...]
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 protection of Oeiras’ marina [...]
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 or northwester - and so [...]
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 from the centre and port [...]
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 species of sharks and, of [...]
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 way out of the Ría, [...]
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 us in the harbour. With [...]