Saturday, March 15, 2008

International help day







We arrived in Lagos after sailing along the Algarve on blue transparent seas in 40 degs and sunny. On arrival in Lagos we had found a problem with the engine leaking oil. As we were walking down the pontoon we were stopped by a Welsh man who said he knew the previous owners of our boat. While we were chatting I mentioned about the oil leak and he put us in touch with a New Zeland guy who worked for the local Audi Agency.Ram found that we had a faulty front end oil seal and fitted the new one in 3 hrs(total cost €75) Then we had an English electrician correct the last of the electrical problems.Truly International help. We were going to stay in Lagos for the winter as it was getting late to go up the portugiese coast but found it too expensive. We left at 03:00hrs sailing between tha entire fishing fleet on radar alone as they dont all use their nav lights. We had made many friends in Lagos and were sad to leave but one day we might return.

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