Leaving Lagos

Yacht Ariel
Henry Adams
Wed 17 Oct 2007 23:39
So, we're almost all ready to set off for Porto Santo... have completed lots of smallish jobs over the last few days, especialy now with Foshy out with me - new cleats on the mast, draining lockers, gimballed oil lamp, cupboard, mosquito net and oak-laminated boom.
 
The YM exam the other day went pretty well - passed fine and had a lovely sunny day's sail to Portimao anchorage and back in light winds. Attached are some photos Rob from RuSailing kindly took of Martin the examiner, Pascal the crew (who is looking for delivery work...) and myself underway.
 
We set sail tomorrow morning after filling up with petrol and should be about 4 or 5 days with light NE winds, and have some GPS positions to check for Anne Hammick (author of Atlantic Islands Pilot) when we get there - lookin forward to getting some proper sailing again at last!
 
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