To Mazagon

To Mazagon 27/02/11

Had a fairly early start and the wind pushed us down the estuary, out of the lagoon – it about 5 miles from the marina to the sea and as we left at pretty much high tide there was little current to help.  As we got out to sea the wind picked up and we had a great sail – at about 4-5 knots until  lunch when the wind died and we slowed to about 2 knots – on with the engine and we motor sailed on.  Later the wind picked up again and ended up at about 15-20knts in strength just as we got to the entrance to the Rio Odeil.  This leads up to Huelva eventually, passing a load of oil refineries, but the entrance is quite pretty.  Lots of big ships to get in the way of.  Bad timing as the tide was pouring out and as we sailed up river a good three knot current was against us, making progress very slow.

Mazagon is about a mile up the entrance and is a big and very soulless marina but with good facilities.

We walked up to the small town – it was still as strange as last time we came here. Feeling scruffy and out of touch with the rest of the places we’ve seen.

Even Mazagon can look good with the sunsets we’ve been having.