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Logbook EntryDates: 03/09/08 - 03/11/08 We finished up our pre-departure
preparations over the weekend and set sail from Lagos, Portugal on Sunday,
having bid farewell to friends there over the previous few days. We plan
to make our way east towards the Mediterranean before leaving the boat in
mid-April and returning to the U.S. for a month to visit family and to attend
David's daughter Susan's wedding. Leaving the dock was especially
gratifying this time, after a longer-than-expected stay in
Portugal (see Logbook for Wintering
Over in Lagos, Portugal).
Although we ended up spending longer than expected at the
Marina de Lagos (we had originally planned to sail into the Med last year), we
now feel very lucky to have had the extra time there. In addition to great
medical care, we really enjoyed Lagos, the Algarve, and Portugal. An added bonus
was being in one place long enough to have friends and family visit during our
stay. And so our departure is not without the usual feelings of sadness and
regret about leaving such a wonderful place. At the same time, we are really
happy to have resumed our sailing journey. We didn't go very far on our first day: just 6 miles east
to Portimão where we ended up spending a day to extend our visas. With
the necessary paperwork and formalities completed, we set out again on Tuesday
and had a lovely sail to Vilamoura, just west of Faro. Sailing along the
Algarve coastline is beautiful: the low rocky bluffs and sandy beaches are set
in front of a back-drop of green hills and mountains to the north. Resort
developments are sprinkled along the shoreline about every 10 miles or so, but
very few people are out on the beaches at this time of year and only a few other
yachts can be seen on the horizon. Return to Logbook
for Atlantic Portugal, Spain and Gibraltar.
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