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Phoebe B
Sail Ionian
Sun 14 Nov 2010 15:13
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Thanks to a prompt start and favourable tides we
arrived Las Palms marina at 09:15 yesterday. The site of the hundreds
of yachts of the ARC was amazing, all shapes and sizes, all colours and with
crews almost as mixed and motly as ours!
We registered with the ARC organisers and recieved
the Welcome Pack wirh details of the week's activities. We are yacht 123,
apparently same as last year. Seems that all boats will be visible on www.yellowbrick.com as well as this
somewhat irregular blog - irregular due to internet connection, not
enthusiasm.
 There will be some very useful presentations on
things like provisioning, weather, safety, etc, and all cunningly timesd to
occur in between the Happy Hour's and social events. In fact, the official
welcome party last night was an interesting mix of local culture (Spanish
latin-american drumming band) and high camp (a guy in 18" platform shoes, a pair
of white bird wings and a sparkling, silver thong). And that was the first
night!
Today, all along the marina, were artists in a
speed-painting competition. Fascinating to see so many different interpretations
of boats on the water.
And now, a little snooze to prepare for this
evenings Reception and another Happy Hours (or two).
Tony
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