Thursday 18th May

Flinns
Terry/ Nicola Flinn
Tue 23 May 2006 08:32
Left Cascais at 8am in fresh winds which strengthened to Force 6 as the day progressed; fortunately they were right behind us which made for exhilarating sailing at nearly 9 knots, much faster than our normal 6. En route we saw many naval vessels, including a submarine and frigates and then found ourselves being overtaken by a racing fleet also heading for our destination Sines.

On Friday at Sines we watched the Portugese Navy practice for their big annual Navy Day Parade. Several warships were at anchor in the bay and there were sailors and marines on parade marching with a full military band. After the parade, there was an assault of the seafront by marines in ribs, with landing craft and helicopters involved as well. We found it rather bizarre that the band, meanwhile, continued to play the theme tune from Monty Python's Flying Circus!

Decided to spend a day on the beach, but it was still rather too windy for sunbathing so we had to find other ways to relax.












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