Fw: We're off again
Cat-man-do
Tue 12 Jun 2007 13:55
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From: Cat-Man-Do
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 11:19 AM
Subject: We're off again It's the 12th June and we've set sail from Bayona,
heading for Pavoa de Varzim, Portugal.
Had a few days in the marina to recover from the 5
day crossing of Biscay and we'll probably need a few days more to recover from
the excesses of Bayona!! We upheld tradition and hit the Scotch, Rum and Beer
immediately we were secured to the buoy which was to be our home for the first
night. We were rafted up with the boys from Gertha 4 before they'd even reached
their mooring to have a celebratory drink (or 3) It was to be a very sociable
few days with people from different yachts having a wander around the marina
checking out the oppositions boats and accepting a good amount of liquid
hospitality along the way!
The prize giving evening gave those who hadn't had
chance to meet meet the crews from other boats and the generally there was a
great atmosphere to the evening even if we received not a single prize
:O(
The party got into full swing and continued into
the early hours aboard one or two of the yachts, Ruby providing excellent
hospitality for myself (I seem to remember)
A very pleasant sail the following day courtesy of
Simon on Gertha 4 (Hanse 370) in some very blowy conditions but good fun all the
same. It's probably a good indication of the weeks theme to say the sail was
planned for the morning but no one managed to surface till gone 12
!
Had a cracking night out last night with 15 other
crew members to celebrate Franks' (from Goldrush) Birthday. We now
have an inlatable Cactus on board, liberated from their boat on the way home,
though not sure he actually realises yet !!
As I type this we have the majority of the fleet
still in sight and we head South about a mile off the coast of Spain (shortly to
be Portugal) The wind's bang on the nose, so no good whatsoever for
sailing so we're under motor, but it's the same for all of us, so no problem
there.
The usual status quo appears to have decended on
the boat. Rob's out steering (well ok, pressing buttons occasionally on the auto
helm) I'm obviously sat here typing this and Peter's wandering about moaning
about being hungry (oh, and breaking huge amounts of wind)
We should, all things being equal, arrive sometime
about 8 ish tonight for another free day tomorow.
We're still getting occasional E mails and texts
from home which are all greatly received and if you've been following us on the
Blog, thanks for the support it's all appreciated.
Take care out there
The Cat Crew...
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