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Rigi flies home from Portimão to Hamburg for nearly four weeks after her mother is hospitalized and cannot care for her father, leaving Dirk aboard their Lagoon 410 S2, Suria, anchored at Portimão/Ferragudo on Portugal's Algarve coast.11:12 Before her departure, a large yacht anchors dangerously close to Suria — Dirk attempts to explain the swing-circle conflict in English to the other crew, deploys fenders, and the situation resolves narrowly without contact.4:10 Also before leaving, Dirk clears a blocked holding-tank drain using a piece of bamboo driftwood fished from the water, tracing the blockage to urine-scale buildup around the drain fitting — a fix requiring no tools or parts.8:25 He also restores the watermaker by replacing a failed run capacitor for €16.10:24 During Rigi's absence she visits Hamburg's tropical medicine institute for yellow fever vaccinations and malaria prophylaxis medication ahead of a planned Atlantic crossing.12:48 Days before her return flight, a kitchen fire damages her parents' home; no one is injured.13:38 Back in Portimão, the crew prepares to depart for Porto Santo, departing on 19 May.14:44

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