Madeira - Funchal
Lady Stardust Faro-Portugal to Barcelona - 2010
Paul Collister
Sun 27 Aug 2006 14:25
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Lagos - Madeira. Arrival in Funchal
 Leaving Lagos
We finally arrived in Madeira this morning at 0600,
we motored into the marina and grabbed the first berth we could find. Within an
hour we were moved on, typical!
 Leaving LagosWell what a ride it has been, we have all been
bashed about a lot, I got thrown across the cabin and smashed my head on a teak
rail, splitting it in two (the rail that is), Kathy wrenched her shoulder and we
all got bruised being thrown around. The Atlantic waves were rather large for
our little boat.. But we are all here safely now and Madeira looks lovely. We
have just finished cleaning the boat inside, need to tidy up outside then we can
relax.
Tomorrow I have to find a welder who can re affix
our self steering gear which broke off 250 miles out from Lagos. At the time I
thought it had ripped a hole in the boat and it was curtains for the Baba,
however we were lucky and the bracket broke leaving the boat
intact.
We plan to leave on Wednesday for Las
Palmas.
  Cheers, P
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