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Simon Ridley
Tue 5 Jun 2007 19:19
Rally Portugal day 3 update at 18.00hrs GMT

Quick update to say we had a dozen dolphins swimming near the bow of the boat at around 17.00hrs, they stayed for about 10 minutes. Plenty of photos and some video footage taken.

Five minutes later a racing pigeon decided to join the boat after three attempts, he (now called Joe) is sitting having a drink and a snack. He's a long way from home, about 175 miles from land as a quick guesstimate. We're wondering how long he'll stay.


Spanish warship about 3 miles distant, hope it's not out for us.

Good progress today flying the cruising chute, been making around 7 knots with 10-15 knots of wind.

An eventful but enjoyable day which began with Simon making running repairs to rigging, and will end with my chicken curry, because Tuesday night is curry night!!

Andrew