Got the engine on to charge the batteries so a chance to send an e-mail. Expect to have done about 144 miles in the first 24 hours at 14:00 Wed 15th (37.31,-11.80) and now NNW of the Gorringe ridge so making straight for Porto Santo which is 336 miles away. We had a large group […]

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We have started our first ocean passage together. Cascais (just west of Lisbon) to Porto Santo, Madeira. Just the one waypoint to avoid the Gorringe Bank at 36.527,-11.566 (you can enter this format of lat and long straight into google maps “-” equals west). Porto Santo is at 33.063,-16.317. Windpilot is steering us silently at […]

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Photos of Lisbon now in the gallery. Tuesday 14th October we plan to statr for Madeira. The windpilot will be doing the autopilot duties silently which will be good. May even be time to complete the story of Lisbon – Fado; Lisbonwalker and dried cod.

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Mary: An early start, and the forecast wind is nowhere to been seen, there is no wind. Motoring on out of Vigo area, though the fleet of fishing boats, clear of the world’s best beach. Well that’s how the beach at Illas Cies was described by the Guardian newspaper. Down the coast a bit and […]

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David:  Thought I would get my version in first before Mary, with her normal whit, portrays me in a light unbecomming to the captain of Giselle!

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Vigo is a great city, lots of character, narrow streets, church with out of tune chimes, which the locals don’t seem to notice! When we asked them which church it was they didn’t know what we were talking about. The Club Nautico building is a grand affair, the super structure of a cruise liner, the […]

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A few more photos from spain in the Rias Bajas folder and a new album started on Portugal. Loving the comments on the wooden blocks – keep them coming. Mary’s story of leaving Spain and the tour of Porto will be on the web soon.

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So what do you think this is for?  Specially made by David with the left over bits from the plank, the one we found in El Ferrol.

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Photos of the time with Mum in the gallery now.  Southern Galicia has light winds and hot sunshine while offshore there are showers and strong northerlies.  Very pleasant and we are planning a few days in the Ria de Vigo doing the last of the odd jobs and shopping in a language we can understand […]

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Mary: We call at a hypermarket on the way back to La Coruna which makes us slightly late for returning the car, but they don’t notice. Well not after we tell them that the automatic lock doesn’t work and the information on the dash starts at Jan 2007 every time you start I think they […]

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