Arrival at Lagos
Lady Stardust Faro-Portugal to Barcelona - 2010
Paul Collister
Fri 7 Jul 2006 11:57
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Lagos
End of leg
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Well we made it! At abut 5am waited alongside
another yacht on the reception pontoon at Lagos Marina.Lagos is pronounced
lah-goosh much to my embarrassment.
We had a great trip down from Bayona, meeting lots
of worrying fishing boats , like this one, who steamed 10 miles just to haul his
catch in in front of us.
 No Dolphins, perhaps because of the large number of
tuna nets that are laid around this coast.
We had huge waves again and 35knot winds (f8), it
doesn't look much on the pictures but you should have been here to feel
the awesome nature of these waves. twice water came into the cockpit, but it was
not much more than a splash, a credit to the boats design.
 Just as we turned round Cape St Vincente we started
the engine to assist us up the coast into Lagos, however it soon failed due to a
lack of cooling water, now we were at risk, under headsail alone, we couldn't
point high enough to make landfall in Europe, I wondered if I had any charts of
morocco ?
In the end, the weather calmed, allowed me to rig
reefed main and staysail, this allowed us to make for the Portuguese coast, not
where we wanted but further along, where we might anchor. Next onto the engine.
stripping down the impellor exposed a damaged 'O' ring which was replaced, a few
minutes later we where away again. Dodging scores of small fshing boats was the
next challenge, It was like being in a Roman Catholic church with the
lights off, millions of candles lit all arundl.
Finally we got into the Marina this morning after a few hours sleep on reception
pontoon.
 I'm hoping to get wireless access sorted later
today so will reply to those emails we have received, thanks to all those who
have shown an interest in the trip,. Now we have to tidy up and prepare for the
trip back home, we need to be back in time for the sunday quiz at the
Hilbre!
Cheers,
Paul & Kathy
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