Lighthouse

My father is a boatbuilder. He loves the sea, boats, the wide expanse, the freedom. When I was a child, he left my mother and I behind at home in Ireland to work with Greenpeace, recording Whale activity off the coast of the Azores. I remember him training for the trip, doing a navigation course. He would come home with photocopies of blank signal flags, I would colour them to spell messages and watch him doing calculations as though it was a kind of magic.

When he returned from his voyage, the sea had bitten him. He couldn't get enough of the ocean.

Cascais comprises roughly 30 km of shoreline, of a unique ecological and landscape richness. Tourism and maritime activities are historically relevant and, in some sectors, present a high development potential thanks to the existing infrastructures that allow international nautical events to be held. Moreover, it is still significant the association between local identity and fishing, persisting despite the problems derived from the sector's modernization and adaptation to European Policies.