We started off with just the genoa up but later got out our whisker pole to 'pole out' the genoa. Sadly the wind was a bit fluky and we had to give up on the whisker pole after only a short time.
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| Whisker Pole |
The wind eventually reached 19 knots and we had a great downwind sail. On approach to Sines, we were greated by three flames, which were the flares from the oil storage facilities surrounding the harbour. We were the last ones to finish and as it was quite late when we arrived, we had dinner onboard straight away and called it a day.
The next day we walked up to the fort to attend a Rally prizegiving, nothing for us but the port and nibbles were great!
Sines is an interesting place and has a monument to Vasco da Gama who was reputedly born in the fort and christened in the parish church.
Vasco da Gama was a famous Portuguese explorer and was one of the first to sail from Europe to India.
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| Vasco da Gama |
In the afternoon we had a pontoon party and Steve made some bread, to which we cut up and added smoked salmon on some, and Parma ham to the remainder. It soon went but we held some bread back for toast in the morning, a rare treat.
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| Pontoon party in Sines |
In the evening we went for a lovely meal in town but had an early night as the next day was a long 75nm leg to Lagos, our final destination for the 2012 Rally
Portugal.
Steve and Lynne x
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