The Truth About Sailing On The Algarve

[25931]

Re: Light Dues

Just an update. The bar at the Guadiane entrance having been dredged,port and starboard marker posts have been installed at least as far up as Laranjeiros.
Looks like they are going to dredge a deep water channel . Ocean going cruise liners in Mertola??

Some weeks ago it was announced that the dredging was complete so we might have to wait another generation for the next phase - correction you might ´cos I shall not be around.

 

[Ludd]

Re: Light Dues

Some weeks ago it was announced that the dredging was complete so we might have to wait another generation for the next phase - correction you might ´cos I shall not be around.

Thankyou for that vote of confidence in my longevity! I could probably give you a few years and never miss them!

 

[RAI]

Re: Light Dues

Just an update. The bar at the Guadiane entrance having been dredged,port and starboard marker posts have been installed at least as far up as Laranjeiros.
Looks like they are going to dredge a deep water channel . Ocean going cruise liners in Mertola??

Have you tested it with your own ocean going cruiser?

 

[Ludd]

Re: Light Dues

Have you tested it with your own ocean going cruiser?

Think that'll be after the festival----have you looked at the forecast till Wednesday?:disgust:

 

[RAI]

Re: Light Dues

Think that'll be after the festival----have you looked at the forecast till Wednesday?:disgust:

Are you still on the hard? Yes, wet and windy due this weekend. Will you get to the festival by road?

 

[Ludd]

Re: Light Dues

Are you still on the hard? Yes, wet and windy due this weekend. Will you get to the festival by road?

Yes to all three! Because of the forecast,inadvisable to launch before Wednesday, which might pose problems getting there in time ----I gotta get some practice in(musically, that is)!

 

[Heckler]

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Yes to all three! Because of the forecast,inadvisable to launch before Wednesday, which might pose problems getting there in time ----I gotta get some practice in(musically, that is)!

We are trying to get out there on Monday. If we can get a car might drive over.
Stu

 

[sailorman]

Re: Light Dues

Are you still on the hard? Yes, wet and windy due this weekend. Will you get to the festival by road?

thats the longest Ludd has ever had a hard-on

 

[RAI]

Re: Light Dues

thats the longest Ludd has ever had a hard-on

How would you know?

 

[GrahamM376]

For once, I'm glad to be back home, Algarve weather not good, Albufeira flooded today - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrCbuxbcO78

 

[Sandyman]

Lots of places flooded. Also:
World’s best beach loses its sand again in Algarve

Beachgoers to Praia Dona Ana in Lagos will this week have seen much of the efforts to boost the beach’s size being in vain.

After spending much of the summer sharing the beach with machines, the 1.8 million euro investment to double its size was washed away with the heavy rains and stormy sea. Praia Dona Ana was voted the world’s best beach in 2013 by Conde Naste Traveller, and also awarded the best beach in Portugal by the Tripadvisor awards.

 

[Heckler]

For once, I'm glad to be back home, Algarve weather not good, Albufeira flooded today - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrCbuxbcO78

The marina turned orange from the mud washed thru the storm drains, they only just coped because they are half blocked with oysters!
Was woken at about 3 am and it hammered down till mid afternoon!
D

 

[Wansworth]

Come to sunny Galicia...although its started to rain this morning.....a glorious warm holiday weekend.This year, well almost every year the south of Spain and Portugal gets a hammering whilst Galicia suffers from more damp..

 

[25931]

Come to sunny Galicia...although its started to rain this morning.....a glorious warm holiday weekend.This year, well almost every year the south of Spain and Portugal gets a hammering whilst Galicia suffers from more damp..

It looks as though the Algarve is back to normal after the hammering.

 

[Ludd]

Came up the Guadiana in the dark Friday night. Got no option but to follow the marked channel, as the flashing lights blind and confuse you!
Worrying, though ,were the two Portuguese motorboats and a jetski screaming down the channel at about 20 knots!
Wi
th the amount of debris,big tree trunks and suchlike, that are in the river at the moment-----

 

[nortada]

Just been asked.

Has the dredging in Ayamonte Marina and in the Guadiana now finished?

 

[GrahamM376]

Just been asked.

Has the dredging in Ayamonte Marina and in the Guadiana now finished?

Guadiana Bar was finished in the summer, we had plenty of clearance and suspect we would have been OK at LW. However, the bar can change quickly in bad winter weather. Don't know about Ayamonte marina but we had no problems near HW anyway with 1.5m draught.

 

[Ludd]

Most of the marina has been done, but they were still dredging the outer"big boat" area ten days ago.

 

[Heckler]

Most of the marina has been done, but they were still dredging the outer"big boat" area ten days ago.

Hey Tom
all the best to all in the yard. whats the latest on the electric surge?
Stu and Lau

 

[Sandyman]

Hey Tom
all the best to all in the yard. whats the latest on the electric surge?
Stu and Lau

Stu
Tom is flying back to Scotland today & back on the 4th Jan.
As to the surge. Problem fixed. At least 6 peeps lost equipment.
Probably going to be many more when others return in the spring.
We had our dehumidifier burn out. Poor old Bobbie had five electrical
items burn out. He seems to have come off worst but then he leaves everything switched on 24/7.

Boa Festa.