BEACHING Our CATAMARAN After Sailing Back To Portugal | Ep. 44
It was beautiful to sail in the Bay of Gibraltar and to see the rock from the water. A little less idyllic are the many cargo ships that are anchored in front of the coast, but it is impressive to sail in between those huge ships.
In the Bay of Gibraltar, there are a lot of dolphins. We saw some almost every time we went out sailing. But this time was especially wonderful. It was a beautiful, sunny day with little wind and the sea was super calm. We could spot a large pod of dolphins in the distance. Once they noticed us some of them came to swim along with our boat. They were so clearly visible thanks to the calm and clear water. It was wonderful!
We were in Gibraltar during the Chistmas holidays and it was beautiful there with all the Christmas lights in the Marina. Some boats had lights all the way up the mast.
Because Liam had hurt his foot and had to rest for a week he was not able to take the walk up the rock, so the kids and I stayed on the boat and Sven went alone to discover the beautiful sights on the top of the Rock. But we get to watch the beautiful images now, in this video, together with you.
All of our boat jobs were finished so we prepared to go back to Portugal. We left the Marina as soon as it opened again on the morning of December 26.
We would have to sail for approximately 30 hours to Portimão. The trip started out smooth, the sun was shining and the wind was favorable. Turns out that sailing downwind with the waves coming from the back was very comfortable.
My favorite part of the day during a multiday sailing trip is when the glow of the sun becomes visible at the horizon. The first sign that the night is over. On this morning the sky was clear and the sunrise was beautiful as usual.
It was a beautiful, sunny day and everything was calm. With the light wind coming from behind we could use our code 0. And it was a perfect day for some fishing. We were not very lucky though; it didn’t look like we were going to catch anything soon. We just left the fishing rod in the stand and waited. After hours of very little wind, we took in the code 0 and started preparing to arrive in Portimão sometime later.
And then, only a few moments later, we caught something large but it wasn’t a fish… Can you guess what happened? We forgot about the fishing line while steering the boat into the wind to furl in the code 0 and that’s how we caught our own boat!! Our fishing line got caught in the starboard propellor; we were lucky that the engine wasn’t running at the time. Sven cut the line loose and tried to get as much as possible out of the prop. We recovered some of the broken line but there was still some of it wrapped around the prop.
We arrived in Portimão just after sunset and anchored in the river. We would try to get the fishing line out of the prop and check if there was any damage the next day.
Beaching the boat was so easy, I now understand why people do it with their catamaran all the time. We were so worried about this in Porto and decided not to do it then, but we felt so much more confident now and familiar with our boat that it wasn’t any trouble at all. Of course it’s important to watch the tide, you don’t want to be stuck for a month after beaching during the highest tide.
It was already dark by the time the tide was low enough. Turned out that there was still a lot of the fishing line wrapped around both props. Sven got it all out, and we were lucky and very happy that we didn’t damage our props or sail drives.
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00:00 Dolphins and Tankers
01:31 Dolphins in Clear Blue Waters
02:57 Crazy Cheap Fuel in Gibraltar
03:35 A Tour Guide over the Mediterranean Steps
05:15 Abandoned Bunker in Gibraltar
06:42 O Hara’s Battery Gibraltar
08:54 Monkeys on the Rock of Gibraltar
10:17 Leaving Gibraltar
12:58 Boat Speed of over 9 Knots on Lagoon 46
14:33 Sunrise at Sea
15:42 Colorful escape hatch
16:32 Sailing with Code 0 on a Lagoon 46
17:39 Arriving in Portimão Portugal by boat
18:46 Saving a Submerged Dinghy Yamaha Outboard Engine
19:21 Beaching Our Catamaran
21:45 Drone Images Beached Lagoon 46
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