Leg 2 - Porto to Cascais
Lilli Mae
Linton
Sat 17 Aug 2019 11:28
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Saturday 17 August 19, Cascais, Portugal
Arrived in Porto (Tuesday 13th August) and moored up in
the marina Douro which is right at the opening of the Atlantic ocean and the
Douro river that flows through the centre of Porto. Sailed the 186 nm
overnight which took us 28 hours. The marina was nice enough and really
handy for getting in and out of the ocean. On my scale of good marinas
Douro was probably a 7/10 (St Cast, Brittany, France being the gold
standard of 10). Weather was good for the day and a half that we spent
there. Did lots of aimless walking around and arguing about where to eat!
But we did OK in the end.
Left Porto on Thursday 15th heading south again for even
more sunshine. Arrived in Cascais at about 11 AM local time after sailing 160 nm
overnight from Porto. 34 knot wind accompanied our arrival. Sailed
with the chute (spinnaker) for 10 nm into the port and sped in even though we
had light winds. We arrived in Cascais and the sun obliged with more heat. Man
it is hot!
This is the first time that Lilli Mae had the cover on
because it is so hot! Nice place though (Cascais). Thoroughly
recommended!
Anyway got 2 more days here in Lisbon. Going to explore
the local area today and then head into the city tomorrow.
Only 3750 more miles to Montego Bay! More dispatches in
a few days.
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