Porto Santo is a beautiful island, not so big, with volcanic peaks (700 meters), rough landscape full of cacti and a beautiful yellow sandy beach on the south side. There we are all alone at anchor just in front of the village. We bring a...
Crossing to Madeira
We leave Vila Real de San Antonio at 8.30 a.m. on Saturday morning for the crossing to Madeira of about 505 nautical miles (1 nautical mile = 1.8 km), where we expect to cross 4 to 4.5 miles; the longest crossing...
The Algarve
Last week we explored the Algarve, which is very different from Spain or the west coast of Portugal. First of all it is warmer (25+ degrees) and also the seawater has a more comfortable temperature so...
Years on the boat
Saturday and Sunday was my birthday. I got the castle from Harry Potter. I built it on my own. And then Eline and I went to play with it. I also got lots of candy. We got...
The Portuguese west coast - little wind and lots of dolphins
From Porto we sail in two long stages of 30 and 24 hours to the Algarve (south coast of Portugal). These trips are characterized by little wind (where is the Portuguese North of 4-6 Bft. that is supposed to blow here?) and...
Skyping with the class, dolphins and basketballs
Hello everyone! I'm in Porto orphans playing basketball with Giel, he's from the barbarossa and he's also sailing with us. I learned a difficult trick from Giel, and now I can do it very well. You have to do the...
Marinth in Portugal
Dear everyone. How are you? I'm fine. We're in portugal now. I really enjoyed skyping with the class. But it was also exciting. It was really nice to see everyone again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...