Day 5 position 38:03.89N 009:22.66W
Gwenhyfar's Travels
Peter
Wed 18 Sep 2019 14:50
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Dear All
Slow but steady progress - unfortunately all under
motor! The days run was 146 miles which gives us an ETA Portimao of 4am
tomorrow, Thursday. The breeze did not set in at all during yesterday afternoon
and so we motored at an economic 1500 revs which produced a steady 6.5 knot
speed through the glassy Atlantic fetch. Pasta carbora was our 6pm super
and Peter took the second watch from 10pm -2am - Fog and more fog.
Radar and AIS were very helpful and essential. Dawn saw us cross the
estuary of Rio Tejo to Lisbon - and for the first time in 600 miles the
echo sounder found bottom at 110 metres. As we ate our luxurious breakfast
of scrambled eggs royale and fresh coffee we were surveyed from afar by a
waiting Portuguese coastal patrol vessel.....
We felt certain to be boarded??
Peter and David
Gwenhyfar
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