Day 1 - Start
Sawsealady
David Moore
Sun 26 Nov 2006 11:34
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Hello.....
from 28:07.743N
15:25.585W
And good to be back with SSL. Tough life here at
the yacht club. Calamari, beers, pink flowers which look very much like Naked
Ladies (of the floral variety), except they would be the African equivalent.
Hoola Hoola. A little swimming pool. Table Tennis. Lovely. Looking forward to
cocktails tonight.
Grooving with the crew.
Peter, the keen Irish-Hungarian cyclist. The Skippers
daughter - Phillipa - party girl. She has already steered her way clear
to THE party boat in the harbour. It goes by the name of Xpresso -
and is fully charged. The lads are off sky diving this very minute. They live on
a diet of smokes and rum.
Back to the yacht to wash and pack away a mountain
of vegetables and fruit.
 This morning we scientifically stowed away the
milk, water and goodies. It's all getting very exciting. A cocktail party
tonight. Rock on, Tough at the top. Over and out - Oscar x.
DAY 2 26th
November
 We surged over the car ferry based starting
line yesterday in first position !!!
After the downwind start SSL continued to power
along for the rest of the sunny, swelly day. Richard Fielding steered us
safely into double figures (11 Knots) until.... rip. The spinnaker behaved
like an overactive CD burner and ripped almost all the way across, and all
the way up the seam. We are currently sailing goose-winged but not as
speedily. Eat your heart out Vivienne Westwod there's a new seamstress in
town... Skipper Moore is painstakingly threading our lovely red, blue and
white Spinnaker back together again.
It was a pretty tough first night, lots of
queasiness, but Philippa and Oscar managed to tempt the crew with some
delicious chicken for supper. And in Radio 1 style I personally would just
like to give out a massive shout to Mike Brooke for his fantastic
tuiton in the galley from Les Sable d'Olonnes to Sines on the first leg. Thank
you!
Slowly settling in. Top tip - Buy shares in
the company who manufacture Stugeron early October.
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