'Ear we are

Cascais, Portugal

A hasty post to let you all know that we have arrived....  After 7.5 days and finally breaking free of the Azores High, we splashed into the Nortada, the Portuguese Trade Winds (summer northerlies) to sail, motor, sail, motor etc in much calmer conditions than our previous legs.  

So here we are, drinking wine (Potuguese of course!) and eating freshly grilled sardines in colourful, touristy Cascais.  Sadly, these sardines are the closest we've been to a fish over the course of our crossing, but that's another story.

BW caught up with us too.  He has met up with his Aussie mate in Portugal to experience life surfing in Peniche, a little further north of us.  The surf there is apparently much better than the East Coast USA.  

For those interested in statistics, we've just travelled 3827 nautical miles in 32 (sailing) days to get here.  And are we ever glad to have finally made it.

Lads, how are we going to fit all this into Bruce?

Boys Afloat