After nearly a month sorting stuff out at Portimao we are on the move again! The first sail was not too long as we only went to Culatra again. It was however a very nice sail. We got underway at about eleven and had a nice westerly seabreeze to push us past Albufeira and Vilamoura. It was our first real sail with Henry the Navigator doing the work as well. Needless to say he behaved impecabbly.
Here is our lovely new sprayhood!
Although we spent rather a lot of time in Portimao, it was certainly productive if rather expensive. As noted from previous ramblings on this blog, we have a shiny new outboard and a bright blue new sprayhood. Henry the Navigator aka the Aries now works properly and we have also done some other maitenance tasks of our own. We have retrieved the paperwork we sent to the letting agent and, thanks to my Mother I have a nice new hat (complete with spare) so Audrey can have her red one back and I don't have a sunburnt head. We are still waiting a package at Lagos though. The Portuguese postoffice seems to be very leisurly when it comes to packages. This is the set of spares for the heads and we do hope it arrives soon. This will give us the chance to catch the Algarve train line from one end to the other.
Meanwhile, we are comfortably anchored back at Culatra. The contrast with when we were stuck here a month or so ago is striking. Then, we had near gale force winds and a very uncomfortable time. Now, there are at least twenty other boats here as well as a few permanent ones and the wind is, as I write this, non existent. We were planning on moving on to the Rio Guadiana today but didn't really feel like it. We will move on tomorrow tough the wind is forecast to be very light tomorrow.
This is a picture of yet another incomparable sunset in the Rio Formosa.
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