We have arrived in Sines, after our first overnight sail of the season. After filling up with diesel at Vilamoura we set off. Steve spotted what looked like a hat floating in the water but it turned out to be a turtle sedately swimming along in no hurry to get anywhere. Later we saw a number of flying fish as well. While Steve was resting below I had 3 dolphin sightings and the wind increased so I called him and we put up the main and yankee, making 7 knots very comfortably for a while. As we neared Cape St Vincent conditions changed so we had to drop the yankee and put 2 reefs in the main. The motion got rather unpleasant despite Steve going further out to avoid it and I was sick - ugh! The dolphins returned again when I was on watch around 5am.

We have found a space in the marina at Sines and plan to stay for a week making final preparations before we head off to the Azores.