Fwd: 37:07.1N 8:31.6W at 1100 hrs on 24th August
Halcyon1929
Fri 25 Aug 2017 07:07
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> A quick overnight passage from Cascais around Cape St Vincent sees us to arrive in Portomao Marina where they put us on the VIP berth right at the Marina entrance.
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> Very easy to get on and off and great for watching the boats passing to and fro.
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> Norm and Giorgio head off to explore the town and we stay to shower and get the fridge engineer Sam to come aboard and fix the fridge and see if an electronics engineer Ricardo could sort out our compatibility issues between old and new Raymarine kit.. he couldn't.
> Phil downloaded some new software on the ships laptop which will allow us the read detailed charts on it ( as well as our iPhones!) and leave the boat plotter free for basic display of maps and radar and AIS.
> We have visitors in the afternoon, friends of Nick from Shell days who have been trying to help us source a replacement cooker door in Portugal at speed. This cannot be done so we will have to wait.
> Andrew Hammond, ex Halcyon cadet, now retired from tugboats and living in Pembrokeshire, has joined us for the next leg. Nick is off to teach a geology course in Spain next week so we need his replacement.
> The entire crew had a well deserved drinks and dinner in the dockside restaurant in wonderful warm evening sunshine.
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> We will now prepare ourselves for the next leg to Gibraltar where we should arrive on Saturday afternoon.
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