24th April
Nazare. We left Cascais marina on the 22nd and spent a night at anchor in the bay ready for an early start on the 23rd (5am) to go to Nazare, all the forecasts looked like it should be a good sail – however the weather didn’t develop as it was predicted and it turned out to be another motor-sail. Another long day and when we arrived in Nazare at 19:30 the Porto Recreo was (had been) shut – however, we parked up on the pontoons that had only been put back in action the day before and we scrubbed off all the guano that the seagulls had built up over the previous months. The night at anchor I managed to contact Kishorn of Ross (Trevor & Lesley, anchored about 30 miles from Cartagena) on 8101, didn’t hear Grand Slam (Andy) and didn’t hear the Dutch net.
It may be that we move on from here tomorrow (Saturday) or there again it could be a week … Still working on the photos…..
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- Balchis
- Catch up on where we are and see some pictures. Balchis is a 32 1/2 foot Barbary Ketch designed by Walter Rayner and built in 1972 by Mitchells of Poole. Normally sailed on the west coast of Scotland (the Inner Hebrides) but also Ireland, Isle of Man and as far down as the Scillies. The outline plan is to leave Loch Feochan during the first week in July 2007 and end up in The Scillies by about the 24th July (via Canna). Then wait for favourable conditions to cross to North West Spain and head South at a leasurely pace to the Algarve for about October (- ish). For 2008 we are heading into the Med and the Balearics and then we will see which way the wind is blowing us... Been there - now heading back to Scotland during 2009.
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Hello friends,
It seems going North goes quick. We follow your web. Love Jaap and Diana on Kiara
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