Pottering about in Portimao
Ile Jeudi
Bob and Lin Griffiths
Wed 21 Sep 2011 17:59
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Sunday 18 to Wednesday 21 September
2011
The marina laundry got a hammering and we sorted
out some SIM cards for Portugal and got my prescription sunglasses repaired in
Portimao town. Dinner at the Tivoli Hotel in the Marina was very good one
night as was lunch at one of the boardwalk cafes on Praia de Rocha. They
say in Praia de Rocha that they have the lager louts in summer and the
Saga louts in winter!
Our new rudder bearings arrived at Portimao Marina
on Tuesday so we called Sopromar at Lagos to arrange for the work to be
done. They confirmed they can lift us out on Thursday if we can be
there the evening before. So we left Portimao Marina on Wednesday and the
phone rang. It was Sopromar - they were apologising because they can't
lift us until Friday so we went back to the anchorage in Portimao
harbour instead. We had hoped that the rudder bearing change can be done
quickly and we be launched again the following day. This won't now be
possible as the next day will be Saturday and their crane doesn't operate at
weekends so we will be on the hard until next Monday at
least.
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