6th July 2008 - Benalmadena (Large crew change)
Bali Hai
Neal Stow
Sun 6 Jul 2008 23:03
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Today was the crew change day. Jim, Lyn and
Julian were leaving to be replaced by Mike and Pete Clarke (Thin Pete), two 6'3"
liverpudlian brothers, Pete Guest (Big Pete) similar in height to Thin Pete
but somewhat broader and his girlfriend Tracy Young, all the way from
Virginia.
Jim and Lyn stayed for most of the day as their
flight was not until the evening and so we all went out for a late lunch
together before they left. Julian also stopped by (having gone home
the previous night after partying until 7:30 in the morning) with Dan and
his son Daniel and girlfriend. They were a great crew, particularly after
they had become more familiar with the boat, and I hope that they will
come back in the future (unless of course they are suing me for libel after
reading in this log).
One sad thing about the day was that it was more
windy than any of the days that we had had in the past week - winds of
25+ knots and so they missed some potentially very good sailing. It
created quite a swell in the marina and the boat was bouncing around a great
deal. Something I thought we had left behind when coming into the
Med.
The new crew went provisioning and returned with
vast quantities of beer and meat and, apart from a few kilo of lemons for
Tracy's gin and tonics and two onions, there was little sign of any other
fruit and veg. They then proceeded to break into the beers (with the
excuse that they had to reduce the quantity of beer stored on Thin Pete's bed
before he went to sleep. During the course of the afternoon and
evening not only did they consume much of what they had bought, they broke one
bottle of wine and sent a full can of beer flying across the cockpit.
Perhaps more paper towels was another thing that should have been
purchased.
At midnight they were all still at it and I went to
bed - nervous.
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