Confessions of a Cat Crew...
Cat-man-do
Mon 10 Dec 2007 18:08
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It's been a quiet day today, roasting hot
temperatures of 39c and burning sun light. No Whales today or Dolphins, but
still a huge number of Flying Fish.
Those of you who've been following our progress
(Thank you) will know that this rally is also a race. It is however a race for
fun above all. Those Tinkers on Rebel T threw down the gauntlet many months ago
in Guildford of all places where we were sat behind them at a seminar about the
crossing. They were sat in front of myself and Peter when they turned round to
us and announced that they had a similar size boat and that we were the
competition. The race was on...There was a "reasonable" amount of drinking that
evening and North/South divide banter re: Whippets and Pigeons. It was all good
natured though and over the course of this year, it's fair to say the lads off
Rebel T have become good friends.
There was a little rivalry over the course of Rally
Portugal as to who had the quicker boat, but to be honest no one really cared
and a lot of fun was had by all.
Now the confession time. People have been
supporting us from afar in this journey, and always taking an interest in how we
are doing in regards to Rebel.
Well, <hangs head in shame> They are the only
boat we're really concerned with beating to St Lucia, but we haven't been quite
as dedicated to the task as maybe we could have been. In particular, the
"sausage" you've all heard so much about is often not hoisted until almost lunch
time. The reason being that after a long night on watch all the off going crew
at 6am wants to do, is turn in to their bunks. The other two having just woken
up aren't too enthusiastic about wrestling a 70 foot sausage out of its' hole
either.
So today we make a commitment to all our followers.
Weather permitting the Sausage will either be flown from first light in the
morning or should it look good enough, all night too.
It may be fair to justify our actions by saying
that had Rebel been a little closer in this competition, things would
undoubtedly be taken with a much more serious view. However, we commit to taking
this racing lark seriously from this point on.
Now where did I put my Beer?......
Love to all
B xx
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