Happy New Year!

I know this is a few days late (courtesy of my iphone not syncing with the laptop), but happy new year to everyone - we hope you all had a great evening. Nazare got it's festive on and threw a great party evening for the few thousand that were here - the fireworks were pretty impressive as well.

Otherwise, not a lot going on around here. Found a beach bar...

 ... and watched the swell.

We're still waiting on the stainless chain for the bobstay (holds the bowsprint down) which is holding up test sailing. On top of that, we're out of season at the moment - a rare day crops up when it's possible to head south, but then four days follow of strong southerlies which impede our progress. Given we need a five day window to get to the Canaries, it's become somewhat of a waiting game. Ah well, it's still pretty mild for a north Atlantic winter, it doesn't rain that much and the other cruisers here in Nazare are great.