And now the Atlantic

Sal had never sailed in the atlantic and as we were going up the coast of Portugal I said its not exactly in the ocean but difficult as we will have head winds all the way. As we rounded Cabo St Vincente we got our first taste of what it was going to be like. Leaving Cabo St Vincente to Stbd about 1 mile we hit the ocean rollers wind 40knots and a 4 metre swell smack on the nose. So missen and double reefed main and the iron topsail on and off we went. We stopped in many ports on the way to the north of spain but I will just speak about a couple.
Port da Nazare was a big surprise as when we entered we were greeted by an Irish harbourmaster. Then we were helped to tie up by our swiss friends that we had last seen in Morlaix 2 years before. It is a port you stop for fuel at and thats that its mainly a fishing port with a couple of pontoons.