Adventures of Sailing Yacht Mist
Sailing in Portugal
We left Funchal late in the afternoon and motored westward along the south coast of Madeira. When we reached the Ponta do Pargo the northerly wind hit us and we sailed close hauled with just the jib in about 25 knots of wind and quite heavy seas. The second day the wind eased and turned …
We really liked Rubicon and Lanzarote but after spending a month there it was time to move on. The course was set for Funchal, Madeira. Nice sailing the first 24 hours and then the wind disappeared and we motored the last day and night and arrived at Funchal half past eight in the morning of …
From Quinta do Lordo we took the bus to Machico to get some provisions. We went for a hike to Punta de Sao Lorenzo, not far from the marina. Together with the Capella crew we hired a car and went for a trip around the island. We visited Funchal and Porto Moniz and went to …
We left Porto Santo just before noon, without being ashore. We did get one night of descent sleep though. Our friends on sy Capella arrived soon after and we went out for dinner together. The distance to Quinta do Lorde was only 30 nautical miles and after 6 hours sailing wing on wing we arrived …
After 5 day in Porto we set off for Porto Santo, to get further south and to meet our friends on sy Capella and sy Star. The weather forecast promised a beam reach and around 20 knots of wind. We left Porto at first light but instead of a beam reach we where close hauled …
After a couple of days in A Coruna it was time to continue south. We left at dawn after a stop at the fuel dock. Our plan was to go to Camarinas but when we got there we decided to continue south to Porto, motoring all night. We arrived at Porto after 31 hours at …