Inching south again
A year afloat: to the Caribbean and back
Sam and Alex Fortescue
Tue 19 Oct 2010 09:36
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008:43.99W
We've left the odorous surroundings of Leixoes
marina for the march south to Lisbon. There's a good wind for heading south and
we spent the night at the mouth of a giant silted up estuary called Aveiro.
Arriving at nightful we had a jolly time avoiding shipping as it left the
container terminal in the river, and then dodging sandbanks and unlit buoys in
the dark. We anchored up close to a boat we'd met in Viveiro, skippered by a
Belgo-Australian (more the latter than the former) making his way to Brazil,
Panama and the Pacific in a 23 foot traditionally built boat.
Today, on to Figueira da Foz, which is a pretty
town attached to an expensive marina. It's another 40 miles and we aim to arrive
before dark this time...
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