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Last sail of the year, aboard our Restored Sailboat.
January 6, 2025 · 4 min · 533 views · Cascais
What this video covers
Paulo and his family motor their restored sailboat Starry Night from their home berth to Cascais, Portugal, for New Year's Eve, running the diesel at 1,500 rpm and making six knots with no wind the entire passage.2:01 Cascais, a coastal village of 65,000 that has declined city status to protect its tourism character, is described as a favorite anchorage with a direct view of the New Year's Eve fireworks.3:00 The family anchors overnight, takes the dinghy ashore the next morning for espresso at a local bakery, then hosts friends and family aboard for the evening celebration.2:52 The fireworks are watched from the boat at close range.3:57 The return trip is left untold — Paulo hints the wind on the way back made for a different kind of story.4:14 Starry Night was abandoned for 12 years before Paulo and his family restored her; this passage is framed as the last sail of the year aboard the rebuilt boat.1:30
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