Arrived in Lagos, Portugal!

We've made it!!  And it's such wonderful warm weather here, after our cold cold crossing.  Lagos in June is throbbing....mostly with British tourists, but it's a great marina, very friendly and a good spot for Kinabalu while we take a quick trip to Scotland on Tuesday.

Azores to Lagos took us 7 days....we didn't experience the expected westerlies and because the wind was mostly north-east and north we stayed on port tack for 90% of the voyage.  Not so comfortable for the galley but we ate well nevertheless!  And of course, we finally caught a fish a "Thunnus Obesus", in layspeak, a big-eye tuna with long pectoral fins....delicious rolled in oatmeal and lightly sauteed in butter!  Judy put the line out, saw we had something on the line, slowed the boat down and left it to Bob and Paul to do the rest ;)  It was good to be in touch with some of our friends who were crossing at the same time, email via Iridium satellite phone "kinabalu@mailasail.com".

Our week in the Azores was superb and we'd definitely go back there sometime.  From Horta we set sail for Terceira, but the wind was on the nose and with the seas building, we slipped into a delightful little marina in Velas, Sao Jorge.  Ate and drank at a small local restaurant and left for Angra, Terceira the next morning.  Angra was a very smart town, steeped in history, and surprisingly affluent.  We loved it!!

We get back to Lagos on 28th June and immediately head for Gibraltar where Kinabalu will come out of the water for anti-fouling.  Then onward across the Med to reach Samos by 19th August for the Aegean Regatta.  Hopefully, we can stop in Malta, Sardinia and Crete en route.