First Day Sailing Portugal - Sailing from Spain to Tunisia, Part 6 | DrakeParagon Sailing

Name: First Day Sailing Portugal - Sailing from Spain to Tunisia, Part 6 | DrakeParagon Sailing
Uploaded: 2026-07-11T21:15:20.000Z
Duration: 22 min 45 s
Description: A Westsail 42 times a flood-tide entry into Faro's 8-knot tidal channel while hugging shore to avoid orca attacks.

11. juli 2026 · 22 min · 2K visninger · Portugal

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A Westsail 42 departs a rolly anchorage on the southern Portuguese coast at 0620, bound for Faro — 57 nautical miles into a 25-knot southerly forecast to arrive overnight.0:18 Drake and Monique hug the shoreline in under 60 feet of water the entire leg to avoid orcas, which have attacked four sailboats in the area within the past month.0:47 The strategy works but the sailing doesn't: expected southerly winds never materialize, replaced by easterlies dead on the nose, forcing seven-plus hours of motoring and burning an estimated 12 gallons of diesel.14:10 The tidal channel into Faro runs up to eight knots of current; Drake times arrival at waypoint 14 for 1750, two hours before high tide at 1924, so the current runs with them.0:58 Anchorage selection uses the Navalee app, which shows the Faro anchorage at 96% comfort through the weekend with all-direction wind shelter — critical because southerly-protected anchorages are scarce on this coast.1:18 The windlass loses a retaining pin during anchor retrieval, leaving one fitting holding.4:56 Timing a tidal channel entry two hours before high tide to ride the flood current in is the key practical lesson from this leg.