Quick Update

Crutey Proxy Post on behalf of the Sea Pikey.

Boo is alive and well and Anchored up in Aveiro, Portugal (about 1/2 way down). No major calamitys to report, eating chocy, drinking beer. Full posts with photos to follow when internet connection located.

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Just a quick post to let everyone know that I am alive.

So what’s been going on … Well mostly socialising and very little boating to be honest, since I dropped anchor.

I met Marcus & Lidsay of Veracity, an old school lugger (built by Marcus) based on a design from about a hundred years ago. These two loons have sailed straight from the UK to here and even then they only stopped because of a lack of any wind. Ordinarily this wouldn’t stop them except for the fact that they have no engine! - Or fridge or toilet!

The anchorage has become a social hive of activity with mucho sun, beer and playing of guitars etc Bruce, Lindsay, Marcus, Niels and Steve all being regular attendees.

My pole end finally arrived which will get fitted tomorrow and I have also purchased 30m of 18mm anchor warp which I will spice into my 30m of 8mm chain. Jerry – I could really use that 50m chain I sold you!

Nothing else to report except that ‘we’ (Niels, Bruce & myself) are going assess the weather for Wednesday.

Dave (Brighton) will be coming out for the 2nd week in October so I need to get near an airport in Portugal. Updates, well Mark and Amanda left us and are now in Povoa De Varzim and Brian (from La Coruna) is anchored off Cascais.

Bruce is finally enjoying a few beers in the sunshine...

Watch this space…