The winds veered north after the southern blow that kept us in port. It is time to continue our southern migration. We left Lexoeis with a calm weather. The swells have come down and Magnus is happy to hoist the spinnaker which has seldom being hoisted. It will push us for 10 hours when during the night, the wind picks up to a steady 15 knots and as my watch starts, I rather have it down. Even with the main reefed we keep going at 5.5 knots as the wind strenghten to 25 for some time before coming down again. The sea is manageable and the Aries can steer at last with only the main sail up on the downwind run. A second reef is even taken without slowing us at all. No traffic on the coast, not even fishingboats. How strange ! but peaceful with a starry sky and a yellow moon. We arrived at 4 pm at Cascais this old resort town at the entrance of the Tejo river which leads to Lisbon. It is saturday and lot of local boats are anchored in front of the town and its beaches. We meet again Zephyr, the 42 ft elegant classic sloop and its two energetic and enthusiastic young owners Colin and Steve. We are down to latitude 38 and it is hotter and the sea water is even warmer... 66 F. Still too cold for me though.
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