Patrão Local

We spent a nervous month or so studying navigation and other aspects of seamanship to qualify for the title of Patrão Local, able to sail fearlessly through the wilds of the Ria Formosa. Finally on July 28 we took our tests and there it was, a couple of sheets of paper with the heading ...

We were delighted, as were the other members of our class (click on the thumbnails to see the pictures enlarged, then on the back arrow to return to this page):

We celebrated with lunch, and a great time was had by all (well, the third photo shows us looking over the bill!).