Ilha do Sal, Cape Verde
Kahia
Paul and Catherine Davis
Thu 24 Nov 2011 14:33
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16:45.23N 22:58.83W
"Island of Salt", Porto da Palmeira
We tried to sail as slow as possible and at 05.00 UTC
had to hove to outside the bay, as it was still dark. We had
breakfast: Paul's special scrambled eggs with baked beans on toast and
listened to the local radio, which played superb music, very up; a mixture
of African, South American and Portuguese music.
As dawn shed the first light we packed all sails away
and motored gently into the harbour with lots of yachts at anchor. After
motoring around to find a suitable space, a young woman waved to us from their
yacht, her baby wrapped onto her back. She warned us that her
husband was diving under their boat and told us where to anchor,
as some pipe-lying work was scheduled and people were asked to move. Just
when our anchor was set the morning activity started. Lots of yachts had to
re-anchor in a very confined space and a local fishing vessel is lying a new
pipeline on our starboard side, just as we are writing.
"Jazz", a French yacht welcomed us, we saw each
other in La Gomera and they had just arrived last night. Then we spoke to
Kirstin, a young South African single handed sailor, delivering a yacht to South
Africa via Brazil...(Brave woman!) She had been here for a week and gave us all
the important things to know about the place, being very enthusiastic about the
kindness and laid back attitude of the locals. We are now preparing to go
ashore, clear customs and see the village for ourselves.
It is very, very hot!
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