Porto to Lisbon

Oldnick
Sun 21 Jul 2002 12:37
                  Not much wind to Lisbon 
 
The passage from Porto to Lisbon was an easy run of 160 miles down the Portuguese coast. Steve joined us in Porto on the Tuesday afternoon and we left in the early evening. I cooked up my old favourite chicken casserole which everyone enjoyed, although Steve decided to take a closer look at it as the sun set. It wasn't long before Steve got his sea legs though and after a good sleep enjoyed the rest of the trip down to Lisbon.
 
Pete and I had a few games of backgammon and Pete had the usual whinge about my lucky dice throwing but the final scoreline of 5-3 to the skipper left no doubt as to who was the champion. Pete was on a losing streak as Karyn and I defeated Steve and Pete in a series of games of pool in Lisbon.   
 
On this passage we hoisted the spinnaker for a few hours before the winds died completely. It flew very well and we are looking forward to flying it again.
 
We stayed in Cascais, which is a suburb of Lisbon but on the outskirts. The showers were excellent. 
 
Yachty Details:
Departed (Porto): 1600 PST Tuesday July 16, 2002
Arrived (Cascais): 2130 PST Wednesday July 17, 2002
Total Distance travelled: 160 miles
Total Time: 29.5 hours
Total Avg Speed: 5.4 knots
Conditions: Northerly up to F5 finishing up with a flat calm for the last 8 hours.