Pete’s Birthday Sail Friday 15^th June 2007 to Sunday 17^th June 2007

 

On Friday 15^th June I set off from Prague with some really great company to celebrate my birthday.

 

Our Destination - Anzio: 41:26.440N 12:37.580E

This is about 25 Nm from Lady Drakes current home at Porto Turistico di Roma.

 

The Crew:

 

Helmswoman – Jaya and super cool crewman Andy

 

 

Miss see you later I am sunbathing – Dana

 

 

Australian Surfer Dude - Ashley

 

 

King of Salsa - Rob

 

 

After a high-speed (and highly illegal) race through Prague to make our plane, we arrive to find it delayed by 45 minutes – if you are reading our blog and work in Czech Law Enforcement then we are just joking about the illegal bit J

 

Hmmmm, 18:17, Plenty of time for an 18:30 flight, I cannot think what the fuss was about.  

 

Actually we caught the flight thanks to Ashley’s Nigel Mansell driving techniques through the city of Prague to avoid an accident while Dana was practicing her negotiation skills on the phone to Czech Airlines and Jaya was holding up the check in desk looking at the time ticking away.  Great team work!!!  And OK, we will leave the office earlier next time J

 

 

 

Celebrating our arrival on board with a little dancing and champagne – Yacht comes equipped with Dance floor

 

 

 

Cruising out of Port Turistica - Perfect sailing weather... but have you got your sea legs?

 

 

 

Feeling a little queezy?

 

 

 

 

Lets sail to Africa!!

 

 

 

 

The crew, back on terra firma in Anzio

 

 

After a demanding day on the water, some seafood and wine!

 

 

 

Relaxing dip in the morning

 

 

 

 

What a great looking Lady!

 

 

 

Climb on

 

 

Steady… steady!

 

 

Surfs up! Sort of…

 

OK – push me to shore for some ice cream!  (You think we are joking)

 

 

 

Woooohhoooo – too late - Wipe out!

 

 

Balancing acts – Look no hands

 

 

 

Balancing acts

 

 

Paddling back to Anzio

 

 

 

Pete – the only survivor!

 

 

Is that a gin and tonic Robert?

 

 

 

Happy at helm

 

 

And finally, some fan mail:

 

Dear Captain Pete,

 

Thank you so much for an awesome experience. Even though I struggled to keep a smile on my face for a while, I really enjoyed our sailing weekend very much. You and your Lady Drake deserve three cheers from the crew for making our adventure to Anzio an unforgettable trip! J

 

Wishing you a fantastic summer of smooth sailing J

Your cabin girl Dana!

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And to those who endured my turn a calm day into rough weather sailing techniques,

 

Thanks for the really great company,  I had a fantastic time.

I hope we can all meet for some more sailing later in the year.

 

Pete

Best