We have arrived!
'Sarf & West mate, Sarf & West'
Pete Bernfeld
Fri 2 Oct 2009 22:00
06:49.921N 058:27.720W
At anchor, Roeden Rust 'Marina', 1650 local,
2050UTC.
A fairly lumpy last 24 hours, a bit like beating
into a Solent chop, but we made it. The river estuary seemed to go on for miles
(it took about 5 hours before we saw land). The water is a muddy brown colour,
but the area looks fascinating. Tomorrow off at about 1100 local to go up the
river to Bartica to clear Customs & Immigration, about 25 nm. At times
today, we touched 9 kts speed over the ground due to the flood tide, so
hopefully more of the same tomorrow.
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