Cascais
Vasco da Gama
Ian Strathcarron
Thu 3 Jul 2008 09:22
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Cascais is a very picturesque town on a bay at the
mouth of the river Tagus, 14 miles from Lisbon. Estoril is at the other
side of the bay and the scenery is particularly attractive because there are
lots of trees and no high rise buildings. It's a good thing we like it
here as we might be stalled for the next 2 weeks. We need a new starter
motor for the engine which has to be ordered from England the the crew (me) has
to return to England for a week while Ian has planned an overland research
trip to Cadiz and Seville. Our base was going to be Marbella but the circs
have made us make our pit stop here.
Our stats for the trip so far is that we travelled
1153 miles in 10 days, 300 miles using the engine and the rest under sail.
(Info supplied by Tim's log - Tim as flown back to England.)
Most boats stay in the Marina for 1 or 2
nights. After 4 nights Ian and I already feel like a couple of ancient
mariners, watching everybody come and go. Our favourites, a Brazilian
couple on a beautiful boat called Baila Comigo (Dance With Me) left for Brazil
this morning.
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