Bermuda

4 days to work on the boat, generally rest up, change some crew, re-provision the depleted food stores and explore Bermuda. Not long – but we’ll give it a go.

Easiest way to get around – scooters. So that’s exactly what we did.

Of course what I really wanted to hire was one of these but …..

So after the inevitable wobbles we set off exploring. Heading North we eventually ran out of road – but then that’s also inevitable in Bermuda – you can’t go very far in any direction before you hit the sea.

They have some strange customs in this country – especially if you misbehave. Punishment is carried out swiftly by the town crier.

Here’s a few examples

These two guys are just plain wicked.

But the best one is this woman who was accused of gossiping and nagging her husband.

Bring on the ducking stool.

It certainly caught the attention of the passers by

Pat was certainly impressed and she went over to the town crier to apologise for nagging her husband

Looks like she got off lightly to me.

After the fun and games we had a great prize giving evening.

But then it was time to change crews. Pat to leave Bermuda and Nick to join the boat. Sounds easy? But no – the volcano in Iceland had other ideas or was it a last twist of the Bermuda triangle? Nick’s flight was cancelled so Pat and Nick never got to see each other on the boat and Pat left before Nick could get here.

Finally – we get the crew sorted out in the nick of time and we can start the 1800 mile leg from Bermuda to the Azores at the same time as the rest of the fleet.

We start the 1800 mile trip at noon Bermuda time on May 19^th.