In little over a week, Mia and I head to Falken, 59° North’s Farr 65, for the last passage of 2023. The boat is docked in Lagos, on the sunny Algarve coast of Portugal, just around the bend from Cabo São Vincente—and smack in the middle between the two hotspots for orca “encounters” over the past couple of years.
The south coast of Portugal, and in particular Lagos, has become a hub for us since Mia and I first sailed there back in 2012. It’s a beautiful, charming coastal town with a world-class marina and boatyard, south of the
