What a relaxing day
Christine's Atlantic Circuit
Peter Lansdale
Sun 24 Jul 2016 21:21
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37:57N 08:51.1W
We left Cascais at about 0800 on a beautiful morning,
warm, flat sea, no wind. It was perfect to be out despite no
sailing. At 1000 a few dolphins visited us and by 1300 we were tucking into
our picnic lunch of tuna mayonnaise, cured ham and salad, and even the lettuce
didn't blow away. It was now about as calm and as near to a millpond as the
Atlantic probably ever gets. Just occasional bouts of mild swell. Really
fantastic. It's been very useful having a calm relaxing day to recharge my
batteries.
During the morning Sean was busying himself getting some
jobs done, seizing the shackles, fixing the rope locker lock and tensioning the
guard rails. All very useful.
We arrived here in Sines about 1600 when the marina was
fairly empty and we were lucky to be early as there was soon a rush of arrivals
and it now looks quite full. Since it took an hour for us to check in we were
glad we didn't arrive in the middle of the rush.
Lagos tomorrow, whish is an 80 mile trip with little
wind forecast, so an early start.
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