Back in her element!
We’ll stay here for some days and plan to depart for Morocco followed by the Canary Islands soon.
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Sines, PortugalSines, Portugal
We arrived in Sines On Tuesday night at 2am. We sailed 540nm with unusual winds from the northwest. Year-round this region of the Atlantic has northeasterly winds which would have meant to sail upwind.
We were really lucky with the weather as we could successfully detour a strong cold-front on our trip from Madeira to Portugal. PredictWind, our subscription based weather guidance, helped a lot to find the best route.
Enroute from Madeira to Sines
Sines, Portugal. Lovely fishing village.
Heading to CartagenaHeading to Cartagena
Admiral fueling up.
Weather lousy.
Crossing seas with light wind and rain. Better days will come 😀.
Denia port entrance had breaking waves on each side. The middle part of the channel was fine. Outside the first hour exposed us to a heavy long swell from a gale in the east and crossing wind waves. Rain and fog with limited visibility. Sailing with intense use of the Radar. After rounding the Cape Cabo de la Nao for a westerly heading life onboard became much easier.
Arrived 1700h on Friday in Cartagena. It’s chilly here. Weather in the Med, so everyone on the dock declares, is unusually crazy.