23–25 May 2026
Arrábida by boat
Three days south from Alcântara, round Cabo Espichel, into the Sado. Dolphins on the second morning, as if booked.
Sesimbra · Portinho da Arrábida · Setúbal
Rui Almeida
@rui · 9 followers · 7 following
Sixty countries, one small boat, no hurry. Geographer, mostly retired; sailor, mostly not.
- United States
- Portugal
- Cape Verde
- Peru
Trips
1–20 Feb 2026
Cabo Verde by sail
Lisbon to Mindelo the old way: south until the butter melts, then west. Nineteen days, two crew, one broken autopilot.
Sines · Porto Santo · Mindelo
2–16 Aug 2025
Azores, island to island
Two weeks across four islands by ferry and one lift on a friend's boat. Fifteen years since my last time; the whales hadn't changed.
Ponta Delgada · Horta · Pico · +1 more
10–20 May 2025
Peru, Cusco to Machu Picchu
Fifty years on the list. Ten days, two of them spent doing nothing in Cusco so the altitude didn't win.
Lima · Cusco · Ollantaytambo · +1 more
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Nineteen days to Mindelo
Lisbon to Cabo Verde the way it was done before engines, with an engine we mostly didn't use.
1 Mar 2026 · 2 min read
Maputo bay, learning to sail
Five years of coastline for a survey nobody read, and the small boat that made it worth it.
6 Dec 2025 · 2 min read
Flores, the island at the end of the map
Where the Atlantic runs out of Europe, and why that's the best reason to go.
4 Sep 2025 · 1 min read
Flores, the island at the end of the map
Where the Atlantic runs out of Europe, and why that's the best reason to go.
4 Sep 2025 · 1 min read