Anchored at Cascais
Tillymint.fortescue
Fri 21 Aug 2009 08:59
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38:41.8N 009:24.8W
Friday 21 August - yesterday evening at 10.45pm we
dropped anchor in Cascais harbour, 14 hours and 125 miles through the water (132
miles over ground; confused - I was!) on from Aveiro - phew! The day went
by in a very relaxed fashion, lots of reading up deck and the little people
whiled away a few hours down below with several episodes of the TV
programme "Coast" on dvd - a metaphorical day at sea! The wind eventually got
out of bed and we had a few glorious hours of goose-winged force 5 to waft us
along the coastline and then a 10 knot screaming reach finale into the
shore. En route we passed Isla Berlenga with it's lighthouse, fortified
monastery and campsite. Just outside Cascais we rounded Cabo da Roca which is
infact, officially, actually the most westerly point on mainland Europe (not Cap
Finisterre as previously reported), only by a fraction of a degree though. As we
approached the Cabo there was a quite sudden change in sea state, the swell and
rollers came out of nowhere, the washing up re-arranged itself on the draining
board and Tilly Mint did a "just caught in time" gybe...
The conversation between decks went like
this:-
Skipper - does anyone want to come up top to see
the Cape
Immy - cake, ooohhhh yes plesae
Skipper - no Immy, the Cape
Laurence - what, Cape of Good
Hope?
Not quite there on the geography but says
something about the bouncing down below!
Anchoring in the dark was another first. All ways
round though it was easier than going into the marina, all that fuss with
fenders and lines and reverse parking in the dark. Anchoring is the boat
equaivalent of arriving home from school, throw down your school bag and shoes
(anchor) and straight off into the garden (wine &
crisps)
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