We have made it to the far southern coast of Portugal. We sit in the harbour of sagres safety behind a marina wall 40 meters of chain on our cqr anchor that we successfully snaged from under a chain at the bottom of cascais. We were rounding the peak to the coast with no wind when our engine when out, and then as we were within a few hundred meters our Genoa haylard broke.....leaving us engine less and sail less. I used our spinaker Hayward to hoist the sail temporarily although I could only get it half way up with the they waves and all. It gave us just enough to get around the coast as the sun came up and into a harbour. Tomorrow we will go to Lagos by bus and hopefully pick up or order new valve springs, as well as rods.... unfortunately the intake valve fell inside the engine while I was examining the problem, so I will have to remove the head once again......oh joy. Weather looks like shit either way. We should be here about a week until we set off again. Too bad we were thinking about entering kimmy cornwalls crossing...would seem fitting since we are using his routing book.
My camera is not working otherwise a picture would accompany. Still working on busting out the go pro, although with the adventure under full swing, it seems there is always something to keep me busy. Hopefully we can change that. Oh yeah, the gear box ran without oil, so now it is welded in forward. We have no reverse or neutral....oh joy!
Chat soon! one love.
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