Nazare

They reached Nazare at about 9 ish last night. Reasonably good sail I believe - nothing much broke anyway which has to be a plus! Pete said they had a good Atlantic swell and surfed down some good waves. They were also passed by some dolphins who didn't hang around this time - obviously had some place to go. They were pleased to stop and get a good sleep, they did 3 hour watches this trip which left them very tired, so are going to try and different system on the next leg. They managed to find a launderette this morning so could get all that done, and it is now flying horizontal in a very strong breeze from the rigging. Pete was sincerely hoping he wasn't going to have to go swimming to retreive any. They will probably stay there until tomorrow afternoon when they will sail through the night to Cascais so that for once they can arrive somewhere in daylight. After that it will be on to Sines. Pete said that although it is great and he is having a good time, it is quite demanding trying to keep up with everything that needs to get done - especially with the short hops meaning that you don't get into a proper sleep pattern of any sort. Keeping up with the general maintenance on the boat, washing, shopping etc is fairly challenging and keeping them very busy.