We have stayed in this marina at the east of Madeira as it is easy and provides us with water, electricity etc. We can not sort out our own water (we were going to get a water maker that takes sea water and purifies it but that was too expensive and we were not sure where to put it) and we can generate electricity to charge our batteries via our solar panel and wind generator and we can even use the batteries to provide mains power for short periods but in general we use more power than we can make when doing work on the boat. Anyway, enough of that…..
Spent Thursday sorting out stuff on the boat; the weather was a bit dodgy so we decided not to go for our walk around the cliffs and bays here. Instead, after our trip to stock up in the local supermarket we had an admin day. I tried to get our generator going which has neverworked and which would allow us to generate our own mains power in abundance. No joy, at least not yet. Am going to try again today. They others are off; Thorpey in UK for a few days and G and T in Funchal for the day to look at stuff we never got to see yesterday when we were there. Caught the bus into Funchal (an hour or so) which is an interesting and windy journey through steep hills and valleys. In town we then got cable car up to hills behind Funchal and explored the old part of town there, some gardens and then caught a 'sledge' down the steep roads. Great fun! The Beatles old boat is down in Funchal harbour as a restaurant so we had a beer there before heading back for a few wines in the marina bar.
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