S/V Aphrodite

Madeira is part of an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, 300m off the north western coast of Africa and about 600m from Europe.  It was discovered by the Portuguese in 1418 and like all things Portuguese, in our opinion, it is a jewel.  The island is small, 35m long and 13m wide, but mighty in [...]

 
We are in Portugal now, the southern coastal region known as The Algarve, in Lagos where Brisa came from.  We have been spending time with her family, both her mother’s side and her father’s side.   Surprisingly, neither her mother nor sister recognized her, nor she them.  Having only experienced the relationships of Kali, Lily and [...]

We have been all around Portugal looking for a Portugese Water Dog or Cao do Agua as they are called here.  The breed is purebreed.  They are rare and hard to find, it may take us up to one year to get one.  Today we visited one of the best breeders, Carla, who lives in near [...]

We spent a night in Sines, pronounced “cinch” which is a charming fishing village and set out for Lagos. We sailed downwind with only the Code-0 spinnaker for 5 hours until the winds built to over 20 and we reefed it. Within an hour the winds “died” to 11 knots and we put it back [...]