Radio silence
Nowcrew
Thu 17 Nov 2005 18:20
Sorry, to all our
diary readers we've had a right old palaver. Our sat phone went down
yesterday with a factory fault-we had to have a new one picked up from Great
Yarmouth. Big thanks to our saviour Sean Dunne who's currently making a 10 hour
drive there and back.
Hello to all at
Ladybarn House School especially Rory and Fraser Cheetham - (be good boys, eat
all your school lunches and be nice to Mrs Cooper and Mrs
Yeates).
Well the boat's
finally getting into shape the preparation has been incredible. We have food
stuffed in every space available. There's no chance of losing any weight on this
trip.
The nights
are as hard as the days,. Fancy dress last night - finished at am and
up for work at 6.45am.
There's a big blow
forecast for Sunday (when the race starts) on the nose (for those none-yachties
that means bouncing into big seas with the boat leaning right over for the first
48 hours.
Ian, Andy and
Charlie arrive tonight we're all off to the Beneteau party-another big one.
Followed by lifting the boat out and a scrub tomorrow.
Tollers due
in tomorrow with all the last minute stuff - finally we'll be
complete.
That's it for today
Nowcrew-out...