Setúbal

We know we have been slacking on our penguins when we start getting messages whether we are okay and if we are still sailing. Apologies! We have had quite the two weeks.

While we were still in Sesimbra, one of Bart's friends Wouter, asked us if by any chance we were anywhere close to Setúbal because he and his girlfriend Maura are driving around Portugal in a van and were now near Setúbal. Since by car Sesimbra and Setúbal are very close the two of them drove to Sesimbra. After lunch the four of us left for Setúbal.

Unfortunately, there was barely any wind so we mostly needed to rely on our engine Perky again to get us there. We also weren't lucky in our fishing attempt accept for managing to get the lines all tangled up😉 But, being around friends from home again definitely made up of for all of that. The coastline is also gorgeous as we were cruising through the Natural Park de Arrábida. The loud singing tourists were a bit less scenic, but oh well.

We had picked out a few anchor spots for the day but hadn't decided on which one yet. Then the decision was made for us to go into the marina instead. Along the way the engine had been making some sort of revving sounds and the rpm's (toerental) were spiking every once in a while. Once we were getting closer to Setúbal this started to happen more often. Not being able to fully trust the engine at the moment we decided to go into the marina instead to do some research and talk to some of our engine expert friends.

We said goodbye to Wouter and Maura before we picked up our phones to dig in our new engine perils. We were reassured that since we didn't produce any weird smoke and the symptoms didn't pile up, that we should be able to continue our trip to Sines the next day.Читать далее