day 46. Povoa to Aviero

So off we set from Povoa with a forecast of very light winds and the prospect of some downwind sailing. Sea state was quite light and conditions were superb so we setup our poled out headsail and mainwith preventer rig. After motoring in the morning for a few hours we got some decent wind and off we went. Our plan was to arrive at Aviero about 5pm but alas we were not going to make it until about 7pm in the end. 
As we came up to the harbour entrance we got a whole escort of Dolphins.
Sadly we were arriving just at the worst state of the tide and found ourselves really struggling to get into the harbour, as the sub went down we were making about 1 knot forward at 2500 rpm. Kind of scary as should the current get any stronger we would have no choice but to leave and passage overnight. 
Had to make a.hard decision , keep on going in or bail out ... Eventually decided to carry on and try to get to the marina. In the end it took nearly three hours but we made it and docked up in total darkness by torchlight. Phew.

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  1. Unknown9 October 2021 at 14:49

    Glad you are back at sea and making good progress... and eventually got into the marina. Hope you manage to rest up.

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