Retreat
avanti
Eleanor Tims, aka Ryllis Tims
Sat 1 Dec 2007 11:54
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The decision is made: we are not going on with the
trip until better weather returns in the Spring. (Yes, I know that on
reading those words most of us will think "IF it does ....").
Those of you interested in the highest grade
weather forecasting, take a look at this site:
www.theyr.net. You're allowed to
visit it free for two weeks, then it costs under a fiver a month.
The lows being shown in the North Atlantic --- in deep red for gale-force
winds --- will instantly convince you that I have made the right
decision to leave Avanti in the UK for the coming four months. So, some
time this coming week will see the crew reassembling aboard, preparing her
for the roughly a couple of hundred miles back east up Channel, and installing
her in a winter berth in the Poole area.
Keep watching this blog. Next week I'll tell
you how our trip went, most likely with a rip-roaring south-west gale behind
us. Could be a roller coaster of a ride. I'll also tell you about the
crew, who have been so good to me and to the boat and for whom the trip has
turned out to be a major disappointment. Except that we have all made new
friends!
Eleanor
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