We have been here for a few days now. Nice and sunny but no wind to take us anywhere. By now we are getting a bit itchy to move south though. Being in Lisboa before the end of September was ib our plans. It's 230 M or thereabout to Lisboa and motoring for 48 hours simply is not a very attractive proposition.

We will leave this afternoon anyway. Firstly to Bayona (just across the Ria) to fill up the fuel and water tanks, and then during the night the 68 or so miles to Leixoes. Leixoes is a not so charming commercial man-made port just north of the city of Porto n the Douro river. Porto is said to be very nice, and of course it's famous wines could be experienced. Add to this that from now on we are in low season, which means that marina fees are reduced sometimes as much as 50%.

We need to deal with some everyday practcalities. Laundry is one. Another is that we have come up with another little project on teh boat. We are going to rebuild the navigation station completely to fit the 'modern style' navigatn better. I e a dedicated and sheltered slot for the computer and other electronic 'toys' that seem to enter the boat either you want it or not.

Southerly winds (unusual statistically) are predicted for the nex weekend a couple of days more, and after finishing our project and exploring Porto we hope for the famous northerly 'Portuguese Trade Wind' to finally show up and provide us with a nice downwind sail to Cascais and Lisboa.

Back soon!