Portugal

Sines, Portugal
September 1, 2007 - Sines, Portugal
All around this is the best marina i have seen yet and plan to stay here 1-2 weeks just to veg out. It is 60 nm from the south west corner of Portugal and just another 40 nm to the last marina I wish to go to in Europe,. Villamoura. I need to get some work done on Sharon before the crossing at a Bavaria Dealer. Sines is a sleepy little...
Placed by Dennis in Sharon's Odyssey

Nazare, Portugal
August 24, 2007 - Nazaré, Portugal
After a 7 hour trip before the trade winds started I arrived in a delightful resort town of Nazare. Was helped dock by a nice guy who bounded off a yacht with a Canadian flag. As it turned out her parents left Riga,Latvia in the 40,s and moved to London, Ontario, She had never been to latvia and was interested in my stories of the 2 years i...
Placed by Dennis in Sharon's Odyssey

Figueria da Foz
August 22, 2007 - Figueira da Foz, Portugal
August 22... Same situation as yesterday...early start to avoid the afternoon trades and then put into Figuera De Foz marina 30 nm south. The waves on the Atlantic were quite high but manageable. Would guess at 4 meters for a couple of rogue waves. Sharon just laughed at them. Not a cloud in the sky and a direct down wind route to the next...
Placed by Dennis in Sharon's Odyssey

Aveiro - small ancorage location
August 21, 2007 - Aveiro, Portugal
August 21.. Got up at 5 am to try to avoid the predicted gale force gusts. It seems that there are Trade Winds here in Portugal ever year at this time and in the afternoons it gets really bad. This has happened for eachof the three days i have been in Porto. Decided to make an early attempt to get the low constant morning winds and get to my...
Placed by Dennis in Sharon's Odyssey

Living it up in Lisbon!
August 2, 2007 - Lisbon, Portugal
So this is the first time I am actually writing an entry while I'm still actually in the city. I have about 24 hours left in Lisbon. I love Lisbon! Portugal has a lot of character compared to other European cities, they have not westernized as much and so there is a definite Portuguese feeling here. It is also very cheap (even more so than...
Placed by Hilary in Summer 2007