Figueira da Foz
40:08.834N 8:51.593W Today we visited a large market next to the marina selling
fruit, veg and fish. We then explored the town. There doesn’t seem to be
much here but we will try another bit of town tomorrow. In the afternoon we started fitting the prototype curtain to
the saloon. It’s quite tricky as the windows have curved edges, the bottom
is longer than the top and they lean inwards. We decided our basic idea of a
blind held on with poppers and held up with tabs using poppers works, but we
need to refine the shape and fittings to make them look more professional. The children on the boat next door spent the afternoon
catching fish for our cats. We managed to persuade them the cats were asleep as
the fish were not edible. They finally left about 5pm – we hope they took
all the kids and didn’t leave any behind with us! No doubt we will see
them all again in the next port. Finally we had Mistletoe over for a G&T (well it has
been a while now!) to give us ideas on the curtain design. We then had a quiet
night in. |