Well, here I am in Porto! But not quite – due to Covid restrictions, I am permitted to go out into the local area, basically to buy food, but can\u2019t travel the few kilometres into Porto itself.
My arrival at about 1630 yesterday did cause a bit of consternation. They had no forewarning either… I attempted to radio them when I got within a few miles (and could get their details from their website), but no one was in the office. So I just sailed in and tied up at the fuel jetty. After a few minutes a guy arrived – he was very friendly, astounded that an Englishman had just sailed in, but very uncertain of how things stood.
Early evening there was a rattatattat on the boat and two policemen outside. They spoke a little English, enquired where I\u2019d come from, had I stopped en route etc., and seemed happy with just taking a photo of my passport. One of them said he wanted to come with me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The office was open this morning and I was told by a lovely woman that all was ok and that I could go out and buy food in the local area – but not go into Porto. Which was fine, nice to get out and walk on dry land after a week sailing. Leaving will be a question of weather – think I will take the easy option and go on Tuesday 9th, when I should then have moderate winds down to the Canaries…
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