Position: 41°09’16.7″N 7°46’57.1″W Another four days of Atlantic churn meant we could tick off a barrel-sized item on our bucket list: wine tasting in the heart of the Douro Valley. But first we had a hoped-for date with monster waves …
Position: 41°11’39.5″N 7°48’09.0″W By morning, the winds of Viando do Castelo had dropped to nearly nothing. Slipping our mooring and heading out on the downstream tide, we nonetheless raised the main in hopes of a breath of wind. The dominant …
Leaning into port tack our starboard (green) navigation light lights up the water. Suddenly it shines more brightly. A blotch moves in the viridescent limelight. Then vanishes. Then reappears, flapping. A seagull, brilliant white in daylight, now reflected with the …
