"42:11.076N 9:02.978W"

Lady of Avalon
Guy & Deborah Tolson
Fri 10 Jul 2009 11:28
Friday !0th July 11.20am BST
 
Winds NN/E F4
Sailing poled out headsail making 7knts
Very comfortable downwind trades sailing due to fixed pole and no swell to roll the boat.Brilliant blue sky and lots of sun!
 
Portosin is a small town and  was and is a very pleasant place to stop and visit.The marina was very friendly with helpful people and has a great nautical club where we had a splendid meal. It  has very little tourism other than the likes of us as visiting Yachts people
 
Incredibly John met a English Bloke  who had just sailed in and who knew someone who had worked with John.- Small world- especially as we were the only English in town 
Anyway that was cause for them to celebrate and so they did until the early hrs. And judging by the grin when he returned in the early hrs - fun was had .
 
We are rested and relaxed after our stay and are now doing 100 mile day sails on our way to Cascais  
 
 
Heading !80T for Porto (Leixoes marina) that is often closed in bad weather , which is not the case for us , as the weather is glorious.
But enough of that or you may decide to stop reading our diary . I heard you had quite a lot of rain with flooding in the UK I hope not serious
 
Guy Debs John