Checking Ahead

This location was great for looking ahead, but sometimes it got wet when a wave would come over the side - that is what the foul weather gear is for!

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Some Photos from our Last Leg to Portugal

October 19th 2012
September 25 - October 3, 2012 Crossing to Portugal, the final leg across the Atlantic are now aware we are safely in Lagos, Portugal after a 7 ½ day crossing. We had originally thought it would take 6 days to make the over 800 nm (920 mi) trip, but the winds were from the north-northeast so we had to sail into the wind as tight as possible so we wouldn’t be pushed south by the wind and the w ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Lagos

Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more

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