Category: Portugal

Another Year on Red Roo Our 2018 Wrap Up

Wow – another year over and it has absolutely flown by, I can’t believe we have been doing this for three and a half years now and have just spent our 4th Christmas on the boat!  We have the rigging of the Christmas boat… Continue Reading “Another Year on Red Roo Our 2018 Wrap Up”

Cruising to Cádiz

Splash 💦 after all our hard work redoing the waterline and new anti-foul we are back in the water and making great speed.  Its amazing how quick Red Roo can go when she isn’t dragging barnacles and growth along with her! Our first mission was… Continue Reading “Cruising to Cádiz”

Our First Haul Out

After three years we finally got around to hauling out Red Roo for some much needed care and maintenance on her hull. Phil had a weeks head start before Maree arrived back from the UK following her exile as part of the ongoing Schengen… Continue Reading “Our First Haul Out”

Lisbon to Faro

Having offloaded Maree back in Figueira da Foz to fly back to the UK for the “Shengen  Shuffle” and dropped William in Lisbon it was solo time on Red Roo. The plan being to get quickly down and around the Portuguese coast and back… Continue Reading “Lisbon to Faro”

Porto to Lisbon with William

NEW CREW ON RED ROO, we were very excited to have William, a relative from the UK on board for 7 days to travel with us from Porto south down the coast about 190 nautical miles to Lisbon.   This was Williams first sailing… Continue Reading “Porto to Lisbon with William”

Porto – Portugal, a day cruise with family and friends

We were excited to be meeting Phil’s cousins the “Andersons” from the UK in Portugal for a few days but between us and Portugal there was 65 nautical miles of coast to cover from Baiona, Spain to Porto, Portugal.   There had been wind… Continue Reading “Porto – Portugal, a day cruise with family and friends”