1,000 Miles

One Thousand Nautical Miles, and we're in Figuera da Foz - we managed to tear ourselves away from the lovely Porto, where they even deliver freshly baked rolls to the boat in the morning - and had a fantastic down wind run to Figuera. Fantastic, that is till the harbour entrance where the tide was running at about 3.5kts and the wind gusting 42kts!  

It was always going to be hard to compete with Porto, but the best we can really come up with for Figuera was the shower block: It was state of the art.   As for the other attractions:

The Market was fun, very traditional even though it was in a giant tin shed.

Possibly the umbrella market?

There was literally miles of white sandy beaches - in fact, the beach seems to extend from Porto to Figuera - more sand than people.

Little bits of old Portugal

Things we've found most useful so far:

The iPad:  For very easy route planning

The 'Gybe easy' boom brake:  For all those miles of down wind sailing, keeping the boom under control

The Folding Bikes:  For all the places you can get to

The Solar panels and battery charge monitor: we have hardly turned the fridge off yet and the beers are still cold!

The cockpit table mug holders: You drink on deck is safe in all sea states.

The wifi bat: so we can do the blog from the comfort of the boat (mostly)

The Snorkel and flippers:  For Ian to use when he dropped a bike pedal in the marina in Figuera and had to dive in and get it - the water is NOT a pretty sight! (3m deep and he did actually find it!)

The Deck Shower:  For decontaminating him when he got out of this water!

And now, on to Lisbon ...