Around 1400 the wind and the swells increase.  We raise all sails, shut off the engine, and enjoy the ride.  At 1600 the wind begins to blow between 25 and 30 mph and the swells climb to 10 feet.   Chris double-reefs the main and we watch the dramatic cliffs of Portugal slide by.  We sail about six miles offshore and track over twenty large vessels in the shipping lanes six miles east.  Unfortunately we are headed by the wind eastward toward the shipping lane, but we manage to jib about 1830 and anchor just as the last light disappears in the poorly charted harbor of Baleeira.

When we awake, a hoard of flies have discovered how to sneak under our pilot house curtains.  We spend 30 minutes ridding the boat of flies and decide not to go ashore at Sines.  We flee south to our next port at Baleeira, the port for Sagres, home of the navigation school that Henry the Navigator founded and the port of debarkation for many of the Portuguese explorations in the 15th and 16th century.  We leave midmorning with no wind and motor south.  It is a clear day and the three foot swells from the north which bounce off our port quarter jostle us south. .