Faro is located at the NW end of a tidal lagoon system which runs along the coast for some 30NM between the mainland and the sea. After approximately 8 hours of motoring, we arrived at about 18:30 and had the tidal current against us when entering between the breakwaters. There were heavy eddies because of the spring tide and the current was setting with up to 4kn. It took a while to reach the anchorage off Ponte Cais located 2.5NM further north where we dropped the anchor in between 10 to 15 other “long distance sailors”. We inflated the dinghy and visited the little fishing village on the island. Lying here at anchor between so many other sailing boats from almost any country in northern Europe was very satisfying. I had arrived; I am now part of the cruising sailor’s community.
Leaving Lagos
Sunshade
At Anchor
Arrived
Hi Capnevan,
Just heard about your blog and had a lot of fun reading your storys. We were a bit jealous of you when we saw the nice pictures, espeacially Lothar, who sailed a HR352 together with his parents in the 1980s. Perhaps it was the same ship…?
Wir wünschen dir weiterhin guten Wind (ab Gibraltar / Tarifa sollte es ja wieder richtig losgehen, oder?) und sind gespannt auf deine Berichte.
Christiane und Lothar
Hallo Christiane und Lothar! Mensch, dass Ihr auch den blog verfolgt. Ist ja interessant dass Lothar die 352er kennt. Vieleicht könnten wir ja mal in GR segeln gehen. Danke für die guten Wünsche!