Day 70 - Albufeira
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We pulled up our anchor
as it slowly emerged itself from the mud on Tuesday 30h September at
10:06AM and headed off to Albufeira 37:04.88N 8:15.64W It was great to have
some wind which we made the most of and sailed right in to our little anchorage.
It became quite obvious that the locals we not keen on having yachts anchor here
as someone had put down about 100 little buoys every 10 meters or so which
meant we were pretty much guaranteed to run over a few. It did not really worry
me to be honest as long as the prop was not caught we were fine so we dropped
anchor. After some advice from our friends on Graceful, Den suggested I picked
up a local fisherman’s mooring so Silky could lie head on into the swell that
entered the harbor. This meant we could have a peaceful sleep as when the swell
is opposing the wind it gets very rolly polly. So that is what we did and
we pretty much had the place to ourselves. Another great thing is
that I managed to get a second hand prop from the local boat shop and after
much negotiation I even managed to talk the guy into giving it to me for the
price of a brand new one 25 Euro’s. He originally wanted 35 so not a bad
discount. Anyhow, I did not care as it meant that I did not have to row anymore
and better still, he gave me the prop from a smaller engine which meant that
the pitch of it was a little more coarse and now our little tender ‘Pillow
Slip’ goes like a little F1 racer. Albuferia was a lovely
little town with lots of touristy shops and restaurants a massive beach which
was prime real estate to stake your claim to a piece each day. We did the usual
walk around to check the place out and went food shopping of course just to see
what the shelves might have that we have not every tried before. As far as eating
out goes we did not need to as we were lucky enough to go back to our favorite
Michelin star floating Indian restaurant of yacht ‘Graceful’ cheffed by Sadie
who cooked for 6 of us in the marina. We were once again spoilt. Special comments by
Fiona:. I was skeptical about anchoring where we ended up, simply
due to the fact that there were many little grey buoys unlike any I’d seen
before and I felt we were bound to run over one leading to all sorts of
problems. But in Ben’s true captain style this was not a deterrent and
reassured me that we’ll be fine and of course we were! They say ignorance is
bliss and I’m starting to believe we follow this motto. I feel if I was more
experienced and knew more then I probably wouldn’t do half the things we’ve done,
but then again we wouldn’t have had such an eventful time and I wouldn’t change
that for a second! I do feel that each
little town we venture into all seem the same now. Maybe because we loved the
North of Spain so much that Day 70 Destination – Albuferia Traveling Direction –
East Wind Direction – South
East Swell – Slight 1.0 mtrs Average Speed – 4.3
Knots Top Speed – 5.5 Knots
Through the water Total distance – 14.6
Nautical Miles Travel Time – 3.42 Hours Temperature – 29 degrees Crew
- Fiona (Thinking that each town all seem the same) Missing Work – Not Yet Expenses – Provisions €9.8,
Fuel €50, Sim Card €15, Drinks €7.4, Coffee’s * 3 €1.8, Bread €1 Next Destination – Faro |