Nazaré to Cascais Anchorage
03/08/07 17:34 Filed in: Portugal
Up early for a quick shower and to collect my gate key deposit. We eventually left the berth at 08:15 and cleared Nazaré harbour at 08:30 with the main up and the log under reading by 50% (this was eventually solved by cleaning and re-aligning the impeller).
There was little wind and what there was was varied so we continued to motorsail in a 2m swell from the NE. I heard "Aurelia" on the VHF leaving at 09:00. She is a faster boat and would pass us at some point.
We continued to motorsail (emphasis on motor) during the morning and the wind increased to NNE 2 as we approached Cabo Carvoeiro. Would we benefit from the usual strong afternoon breezes on the Portuguese coast?
"Aurelia" dipping in a large swell as she overtook us.
Aurelia overtaking.
With "Aurelia" now past us and taking a noticeably more offshore course we rounded Cabo Carvoeiro at 13:00. As the afternoon progressed the wind then died away leaving us motoring in almost flat calm conditions with the swell having moderated noticeably once we rounded the cape.
Cabo Roca was passed at 18:45 and we continued to motorsail fairly close to the coast. "Aurelia" remained in sight but we closed the gap due to our having taken a more inshore course.
We rounded Cabo Raso and proceeded close inshore to Cascais where we anchored off the beach in 5.3m of water with 20m of chain in the water at 20:40. "Aurelia" had anchored about 30 minutes before. The anchorage was very crowded with noisy festivities ashore.
It had been a tiring first day out after my Italian break and I went to bed at 22:00 planning an early start.
Days Run 68.58 miles (GPS). Passage time 12hrs 25 min.
There was little wind and what there was was varied so we continued to motorsail in a 2m swell from the NE. I heard "Aurelia" on the VHF leaving at 09:00. She is a faster boat and would pass us at some point.
We continued to motorsail (emphasis on motor) during the morning and the wind increased to NNE 2 as we approached Cabo Carvoeiro. Would we benefit from the usual strong afternoon breezes on the Portuguese coast?
"Aurelia" dipping in a large swell as she overtook us.
Aurelia overtaking.
With "Aurelia" now past us and taking a noticeably more offshore course we rounded Cabo Carvoeiro at 13:00. As the afternoon progressed the wind then died away leaving us motoring in almost flat calm conditions with the swell having moderated noticeably once we rounded the cape.
Cabo Roca was passed at 18:45 and we continued to motorsail fairly close to the coast. "Aurelia" remained in sight but we closed the gap due to our having taken a more inshore course.
We rounded Cabo Raso and proceeded close inshore to Cascais where we anchored off the beach in 5.3m of water with 20m of chain in the water at 20:40. "Aurelia" had anchored about 30 minutes before. The anchorage was very crowded with noisy festivities ashore.
It had been a tiring first day out after my Italian break and I went to bed at 22:00 planning an early start.
Days Run 68.58 miles (GPS). Passage time 12hrs 25 min.