11.5. Sunny and windy at Fig da Foz. We kept on cleaning the boat and in the evening we invited ourselves to Larinka which is a British made boat under Greek flag. The boat is a 46 foot trimaran with a wing sail. The wing sail consists of a main sail and a smaller rudder. They both are rigid and the mast has no supports. It turns around a massive bearing like an excavator. There was just one guy sailing the ship to the Med, he was a hired hand and had just finished changing in a new engine. The boat was very high tech though it wasn’t new.

12.5. Another sunny but windy day at Fig da Foz.

13.5. Still at Fig da Foz. The weather is sunny but the wind is from the north and doesn’t seem to change. Tigs took the weather window yesterday evening for Porto to get some parts for the boat and they sent us a text message today that they had arrived. We keep doing maintenance work on the boat to fill the days but it would be nice to go out to sea again. This delay is going to put some pressure on our time table if we want to get back home in 9 weeks. As it seems now we’re not going to be able to leave for several days if we don’t want to push against a strong wind and current. As we heard from Tigs today the swell was quite big with some crossing waves as well through the night. Nina has been cleaning the upper deck and the windows. We took off the front deck Dorado ventilation valves and after sanding painted them with spray paint. Now they look like new again. The day was the warmest so far here, even with the strong afternoon breeze the temperature was close to 30