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Dirk and Riki arrive at Porto Santo on their Lagoon 410 S2, Suria, and find the anchorage partially restricted due to a swimming competition in progress.▶ 0:01 They anchor in a gap inside the harbor basin and complete check-in at the port authority, where officials request passports, ship's papers, insurance proof, and last port of call — the clearance office closes at 2 p.m. and reopens shortly after.▶ 0:41 A neighbor on a Malö provides that timing tip.▶ 1:59 The harbor's roughly 400-meter quay wall displays a "Wall of Fame" where hundreds of cruising sailors have painted their boat logos; Riki spends three days painting Suria's logo there using a hand-cut foil stencil.▶ 1:20 A folding bike's sprocket cassette fails — two ball bearings gone — and a local Porto Santo bike shop supplies a 7-speed threaded freewheel for €9 that fits in place of the original 6-speed; a broken brake lever and a flat tire are also fixed for a total of around €11.▶ 13:40 Dirk gets a yellow fever vaccination at the local health center after the vaccine proved unavailable throughout mainland Portugal, and the pharmacy orders and delivers the malaria medication the same day.▶ 14:52 The island's 9-km beach is Porto Santo's geological highlight, its fine carbonate sand formed from marine organisms compressed into aeolianite and re-eroded over millennia.▶ 9:06

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