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Adam aboard the run away boat.
It’s been a couple of exciting days in the harbour. We weren’t able to stay on the beach because of the swell and went in to anchor near the marina. We rowed to the reception dock and left the Tasha Yar tied up while we went into town to do some shopping for supplies. As we were walking back we saw a man untie the dinghy, get inside, and then start rowing away. We were close to the office of the Portuguese equivalent to the RCMP and so I went inside for help while Adam continued on to the dock. As the officer and I watched the man rowing away I could see that he was heading to a boat anchored in the harbor and I felt less concerned. By the time that I got down to the dock to meet Adam the Tasha Yar was making her way back to the dock with two passengers. The man who had taken her tried to look sheepish, unsuccessfully mind you, and proclaimed that he had borrowed our boat to rescue a lonely single hander from his boat, and he hadn’t yet launched his own dinghy. He then produced a bottle of wine with a note attached that he had planned on leaving for us. In the end it was very funny and we didn’t have to swim back to Zenobia so it all worked out.
The next day a boat on a mooring ball close to us came loose, while its crew was ashore, and started drifting on to the rocks behind us. Adam jumped in to the Tasha Yar and rowed over to the boat, along with a few other sailors. Those who had motors on their dinghies tried pulling the boat off but weren’t able to. Three of them, including Adam, jumped on board and were able to find the key and get the engine going. They got the boat off the rocks with some effort but there didn’t seem to be any damage. I watched them make one, two, three turns through the harbor and figured that they were rewarding themselves with a bit of a joy ride but Adam later told me that they were trying to figure out how to drop the anchor as the control panel wasn’t in English and they were haven’t trouble figuring it out. They managed to get it secured though and left a note for the owners. The crew seemed startled but relieved to find their boat in a new location when they returned.
Porto Santo is certainly not a boring place!
The next day a boat on a mooring ball close to us came loose, while its crew was ashore, and started drifting on to the rocks behind us. Adam jumped in to the Tasha Yar and rowed over to the boat, along with a few other sailors. Those who had motors on their dinghies tried pulling the boat off but weren’t able to. Three of them, including Adam, jumped on board and were able to find the key and get the engine going. They got the boat off the rocks with some effort but there didn’t seem to be any damage. I watched them make one, two, three turns through the harbor and figured that they were rewarding themselves with a bit of a joy ride but Adam later told me that they were trying to figure out how to drop the anchor as the control panel wasn’t in English and they were haven’t trouble figuring it out. They managed to get it secured though and left a note for the owners. The crew seemed startled but relieved to find their boat in a new location when they returned.
Porto Santo is certainly not a boring place!