We had 3 nights in Muros. Waited on weather to go south to next destinations..
We had two nights in the marina with very high winds and heavy rain showers.
Our electrical toilet is about to stop working and we need to get it fixed.
We would like to have it done by a mechanic and have found a marina in Vigo that will do the job.
We think it may be enough to replace the electric pump-out with a manual one.
We purchased a manual pump conversion kit when in Falmouth, for later installation.
The electric pump draws 20 Amps and being on a boat every Amp saved is important.
We left for Vigo at 10AM to sail the 70 miles to Vigo. We had some wind from the west and we motorsailed most of the time arriving Marina Davila Sport in Vigo just as the sun set.
The next morning Javier from the marina boatyard came onboard for a look at the job.
He said it would be an easy job which would be done the next day.
Thursday we got a taxi to a large supermarket in Vigo and bought provisions the will last us a few days. Outside the supermarked was this big fishingboat put on display several km's inland.
It's clear to see Vigo is proud of it's inheretants of being a big fishery port.
Same afternoon the mechanic appeared and got to work. He was very efficient and the toilet was in place with a manual pump. We left Vigo the next morning (Friday, after having filled up 100L of diesel. Our destination would now be Cascais near Lisboa in Portugal.
Distance 240 nautical miles and 48 hrs of sailing.
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