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Sailing along the Costa del Sol
Mediterranean winds Our next hop was to the Balearic Islands. However, once again, we were now on a schedule; we had a date with the TGV for travel from [...]
Gibraltar
La Linea was hot despite the wind coming in from the Strait. Off Yuma’s starboard quarter as we moored up the Rock of Gibraltar loomed large under a bright [...]
Trafalgar, tuna and tuna nets
Once the winds finally died down a bit, we left Chipiona for Barbate, together with a few other sailing yachts including Marcus and his new crew member. We were [...]
The joys of discovering a small town
We had hoped to make Cádiz our next stop, but with bad weather approaching and a regatta on over the next couple of days, we were unable to secure [...]
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 [...]