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Leonie celebrates her 28th birthday in Gambia while the sailing crew of Blue Horizon explores the country's mangrove anchorages, villages, and fish market.▶ 17:25 The boat is anchored at Lamin Lodge, a well-known stop for West Africa coastal sailors, set in a sheltered mangrove bay where several other sailing boats lie.▶ 3:07 Ashore, the crew discovers that oyster harvesting employs roughly 1,000 people in Gambia, with some 7,000 tonnes of oysters processed annually — the shells ground into powder for white paint, cement, and fertilizer.▶ 5:50 Mangrove reforestation projects, including German-funded ones, are active in the area.▶ 6:09 A local guide leads the crew to the Elephant Tree, Gambia's largest tree, which was historically used for ceremonies.▶ 9:55 At Tanji, a local named Ji takes the crew to Gambia's largest fish market, where boats land fresh catch that is filleted, smoked, and distributed inland.▶ 22:05 Boat-builders at the market construct wooden hulls using mahogany, steel rods, and a waterproofing mix of sawdust, polyester resin, and petrol.▶ 23:49 On the beach, Thilo rides a horse at a gallop for the first time.▶ 18:43 English as Gambia's common language removes the communication barrier the crew faced in Senegal.▶ 13:52

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