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Dear Readers

 

With less than 900 miles to go and good forecasts we are barrelling along nicely towards St. Lucia and the sweepstake bets all point to an arrival somewhere between 06:00 and 12:00 next Wednesday. That said, with more than 5 days left, we all know anything might happen.

 

Recent days have been great for the Attenborough fans amongst us, Patience has had the pleasure of seabirds, flying fish, dolphins and loins of pork – the crew’s favourite on accounts of its frequent and chameleon like tendencies.

 

Moving to contemporary culture we are delighted to announce that Patience has been asked to contribute towards the forthcoming collaboration between Yachting World and Grazia. We will be submitting two of our collection:

 

The Dexy – with more than a nod to the eighties midnight runners, replace the denim dungarees with technical wear, the pumps with Jesus sandals and remove the check shirt leaving a naked upper torso. Favoured, particularly by the skipper, a look for any warm season. Sure to appeal to many including those counting ‘Deliverance’ amongst their favourite movies.

 

The Mr Wet Short – eighties again here but influenced by the Miss Wet t-shirt look. Appropriate for almost any occasion these silky, sheeny items repel unwanted splashes and, allegedly, allow for cool air circulation – surely worth extra points. Some concern about the apparent need for the wearer to ‘self caress’ whilst wearing a conceited look. This might narrow the appeal to a particular demographic.

 

Something for the stattos next – the unintended jibe league table. WEB has resumed his #1 spot with arguments for a handicap system to support inexperience being batted away with the solid counter argument – if you’ve never sailed, you shouldn’t have got on the boat. A tightly packed bunch follow close behind with the only the skipper maintaining a clean sheet......or so we thought. Unconfirmed reports of an accidental jibe last night with two witnesses for the prosecution. The only defence comes from the skipper’s watch mate who was last seen counting a wad of cash. Surely a bung for hush money?

 

With the ‘chorizo’ found party games moved on to a variant of ‘I have never’ resulting in some fascinating insight into the breeding habits of the crew and consequences thereof. Something for wives and partners to interrogate their crewman on return.

 

Pleasingly relationships amongst the crew remain as solid as any long term marriage. Bickering, sniping and disingenuous remarks accompany conversations between most any pairing of the old sea dogs showing that they remain as tight as ever.

 

Regards

WEB