Leaving Bayona
Lady Stardust Faro-Portugal to Barcelona - 2010
Paul Collister
Tue 4 Jul 2006 12:39
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We left Bayona at about 11 30 this morning and will
soon be heading back into dolphin territory. It would have been nice
to have had more time to look around the town because there were
some fascinating gothic-looking buildings there and judging by the amount
of witches on sale in the gift shops it seems the place may have some legends
and folklore associated with it. It's another gorgeous sunny day and it
feels good to be back on the sea. The autohelm has been such a boon and
has performed so well we felt it, too should have a name so it is now
referred to as Simon. With Bella the parasail, the crew is
now complete :) The dolphins have been one of the obvious highlights
of this trip, especially when we saw masses of them in one group leaping
purposefully forward just before we got to Bayona yesterday--I don't think I'll
ever tire of watching them. Other highlights have been the sunrises I've
seen when doing a 4 until 8 watch which have been breathtakingly beautiful, and
the eerie fog we sailed through on Monday morning; I also sat on the bow a
couple of days ago as the boat pitched through the waves and it was more
exhilerating than any fairground ride. Aside from all that I have been
learning more about sailing, ropework and navigation (well more than I
thought I would understand anyway). Paul predicts that we will reach
Portugal late Friday night or Saturday morning but I'm slightly more optimistic
and have predicted Friday morning so we'll see who's nearest.
Bye for now,
Kathy
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