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Psyche Blog
Christian Koefoed-Nielsen
Thu 23 Jun 2011 14:02
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Psyche's new sporadic blog begins with her in the
marina in Lagos. The temperature is scorching and we're still awaiting our
bimini. Rally Portugal has ended, the flags are down, the banners furled and the
fleet dispersing. Some are staying a few days, some a few weeks and Avalon is
staying a year.
The Rally was brilliant - I'd recommend it to
anybody. Psyche was superb, she stood up to some really foul weather, and whilst
she is slow to shift in light airs, as the wind picks up she moves
beautifully.
The plan is to use Lagos a a base for a month or
two, day sailing locally, before moving East, subject to constraints of crew and
time. So as far as the blog goes I suspect it will be intermittent and sporadic
until the next leg of the trip begins. A pause for breath after the slog round
from
Hamble-Plymouth-Falmouth-Baiona-Povoa-Figueira-Nazare-Peniche-Oeiras-Sines-Lagos
is probably the right thing to do - unless I completely lose momentum (as some
obviously do) and haunt the pontoons here in years to come, greeting the Rally
Portugal boats as they come in: "Rally Portugal! I did that 8 years
ago....!"
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