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Category: h: Portugal

Cascais, Portugal to Lanzarote, Canary Islands

October 23, 2019November 20, 2020 Renee Busheyh: Portugal, i: Canary Islands, Passage Making, Travel LogLeave a Comment on Cascais, Portugal to Lanzarote, Canary Islands

Guest post written by – Scott Dinhofer  Scott….Scott….. SCOTT!!! I was having a dream and one of the characters turned to me and started calling my name sharply. Turns out that on the boat outside of my dream, Renee was…

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Lisbon – our last European mainland port

October 21, 2019November 20, 2020 Bill Jh: Portugal, Travel LogLeave a Comment on Lisbon – our last European mainland port

Lisbon was a transition point in our Verbena adventure.  Since July  the four of us on Verbena have been traveling on our own.  We met up with some past European friends and made some new ones, but all our sailing…

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Sintra

October 18, 2019November 20, 2020 Vera Jacobsonh: Portugal, Travel Log, VeraLeave a Comment on Sintra

While in Portugal, we were looking for things to explore and see. We came upon Sintra that was only a 25 minute ride from Cascais, where the boat was. When I heard that Sintra was a collection of colorful castles,…

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Porto, Portugal

October 13, 2019November 20, 2020 Renee Busheyg: Spain, h: Portugal, Travel Log3 Comments on Porto, Portugal

From Baiona, Spain we started out motoring toward Portugal. Porto was about 60 nm south and forecast was for southerlies 10 to 15 knots going southwest. We started out motoring and were eventually able to sail on a close reach.…

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We are a Boston based family who took a year away to explore the world aboard an X-55 sailboat named Verbena. Here we chronicle our voyage. Subscribe for updates.

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Bill, Renee, Vera & Ben

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