Blue Horizon · vídeo

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Departing Dakar after an eight-day stay, the crew of Blue Horizon sails one day and one night south along the Senegalese coast to enter The Gambia, a country enclosed by Senegal and bisected by the Gambia River.0:11 Light wind allows them to deploy a large yellow light-wind sail for a flat, nearly waveless passage at 6–6.5 knots; a cormorant lands on the sail and resists Thilo's attempts to shoo it off.3:10 The crew decides to skip a planned intermediate anchorage and sail through the night, running the genoa poled out on a spinnaker pole, while keeping watch for fishing boats close to shore.9:34 On arrival at the Gambia River delta, they anchor off Banjul to clear customs with the help of a local agent named Mohamed and his brother Baba, who drive them office to office — a process described as taking days without local help.13:10 A customs official becomes aggressive over a tip, but clearance is completed.15:32 The crew then motors through mangrove channels to a mooring buoy at a small anchorage — depth as shallow as 3.9 metres — described as the only regularly visited boat stop in the area, at three euros per day.19:59 Local agents who know the offices are essential for clearing into The Gambia efficiently.15:02

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