Sandyman
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Some folks up the river say you should have stayed there lol
The Truth About Sailing On The Algarve
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Some folks up the river say you should have stayed there lol
nortada
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Following a lead have just had a look at http://www.ybw.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-302220.html.
This issue appears to have been running for over 2 years in the YBW motorboat Forum.
As a yottie in the Algarve this is all news to me so does it just apply to power boats that have been freighted (rather than sailed) to Portugal & is it peculiar to a particular part of Portugal (say the Algarve)?
This issue appears to have been running for over 2 years in the YBW motorboat Forum.
As a yottie in the Algarve this is all news to me so does it just apply to power boats that have been freighted (rather than sailed) to Portugal & is it peculiar to a particular part of Portugal (say the Algarve)?
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nortada
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Further to my last message - courtesy of the RYA, the Lagos Navigators Forum appears to have the full answer to this problem.
All well that ends well.
All well that ends well.
nortada
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Have just been asked, "What is the current situation ref foreign-flagged vessels & the marine authorities on The Algarve?"
Just completed a month long cruise around the area & saw plenty of police & navy boats tied up in their usual locations but the only one we saw underway was at Culatra & that just gave us a cheery wave.
Bit miffed as we had invested in a light dues certificate & rather hoped we may be called upon to produce it. After all kit cost €2!
Chatting with other cruising boats very few appeared to have been stopped & those that were had been treated with utmost courtesy & certainly no hassle.
Just completed a month long cruise around the area & saw plenty of police & navy boats tied up in their usual locations but the only one we saw underway was at Culatra & that just gave us a cheery wave.
Bit miffed as we had invested in a light dues certificate & rather hoped we may be called upon to produce it. After all kit cost €2!
Chatting with other cruising boats very few appeared to have been stopped & those that were had been treated with utmost courtesy & certainly no hassle.
25931
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Make sure that items such as courtesy flag, boat's name and nº. ensign, radar reflector and horse-shoe buoy are visible and you are unlikely to be visited but it's a good idea to have the required documentation handy just in case - registration, insurance, light dues, license if fishing and skipper´s qualification.
nortada
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Seems the authorities have eased up on stopping boats at sea? No reason why they shouldn't continue to check boats along side & at anchor - a much better solution.
CLEMMY
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We were visited a few weeks ago in an Algarve river whilst moored to a pontoon. By no less than nine officials all at the same time namely the GNR the Maritime Police the Garda civil the Spanish Border officials the Portuguese customs and excise and another Portuguese border official. all watched over by a Senior officer with a lot of scrambled egg on his uniform. all documents asked for were photographed on the spot and returned. Passed a very interesting half hour.
GrahamM376
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We sailed from Faro in May up to Porto, with various stops in anchorages and marinas. Now in Sines anchorage on our way back south and have not been stopped or asked for papers once although a GNR Coastal launch came close to our stern on one passage obviously checking our boat name. The only time we have been asked for papers in 8 years here was the same as Clemmy above, joint Portuguese and Spanish officials up the Guadiana.
nortada
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Same happened to us in the same place a couple of years ago. All very polite & pleasant & never heard anymore!
An Australian couple were asking advice on cruising The Algarve next year so to make it easy for them to find I reactivated this thread.
nortada
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New Buoy In The Rio Guadiana?
Happy New Year To All.
Just had a quick visit to the Rio Guadiana, by road.
Question. There appears to be a new Port (red) Lateral Mark just north of Ayamonte closer to the Spanish side of the river?
If so, would keep vessels off the shallows just south of the bridge.
When/if you get a break in your hectic social whirl, possibly somebody wintering in the Guadiana could advise.
Many thanks.
Happy New Year To All.
Just had a quick visit to the Rio Guadiana, by road.
Question. There appears to be a new Port (red) Lateral Mark just north of Ayamonte closer to the Spanish side of the river?
If so, would keep vessels off the shallows just south of the bridge.
When/if you get a break in your hectic social whirl, possibly somebody wintering in the Guadiana could advise.
Many thanks.
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nortada
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New Algarve Train Timetable WEF 14 Dec 14
Train users in the Algarve will wish to note a new train time table came into force wef 14 Dec 14.
There are still 9 trains daily between Lagos & Villa Real but NO THROUGH TRAINS and for some less than obvious reason, some trains from Faro terminate at Tavera.
New printed timetables are available at the stations or go to www.cp.pt. this site (in Portuguese & English) has recently been revamped and is much more user friendly.
Train users in the Algarve will wish to note a new train time table came into force wef 14 Dec 14.
There are still 9 trains daily between Lagos & Villa Real but NO THROUGH TRAINS and for some less than obvious reason, some trains from Faro terminate at Tavera.
New printed timetables are available at the stations or go to www.cp.pt. this site (in Portuguese & English) has recently been revamped and is much more user friendly.
Sandyman
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Another site for train/bus info http://www.algarvebus.info/006.htm#times
GrahamM376
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Sandyman, I've just been hearing there were quite a few hangovers in the yard yesterday after evening at Chef Branco
Hope to haul out there Monday.
Hope to haul out there Monday.Sandyman
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Sandyman, I've just been hearing there were quite a few hangovers in the yard yesterday after evening at Chef Branco
Hello Graham. Yes a few sore heads
Have you been talking with Asbjorn & Anne Louise on Cassie ?GrahamM376
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Hello Graham. Yes a few sore heads
No, spoke to Ossie this morning to see if Bruce is in today but evidently he's not working so I'll phone Mon am before leaving Lisbon, to book lift.
Sandyman
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Ossie this morning ?? You mean he was awake
He came to Chefe Branco on New Years Eve.................light of the party Cant say what the situation is with the hoists but one is defo out of action.
nortada
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Can't win, despite advice from the ticket office - today's 1125 out of Villa Real ran straight through to Lagos with no change at Faro.
Even the Guard was surprised.
Well it is Portugal.
Now this topic is revitalized, any thoughts on the new buoy in the Guadiana?
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Ludd
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New buoy? Where that then?
sailorman
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I spent this evening with your son & Svetlana :encouragement:
nortada
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Visit post 90 this thread.
Noticed the buoy from the shore on morning of New Year's Day, then saw it flashing red later that evening.
