Adrenalin
SPALAX
Marjan Golobic
Sun 29 Nov 2009 11:24
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Adrenalin was spritzing all over the deck last
night as we hoisted the Genny in an 18-knot north-easterly. The moon had set and
it was almost pitch black when Paolo expertly prepared the gennaker to be
hoisted behind the genoa which was pushing Spalax along at mere 4.5 knots. Paola
was at the helm with Jean-Luc and yours truly tending the sheets to
make sure everything went without a hitch. When the sock was all the way up the
mast, we simply unfurled the Genny and furled the genoa. A piece of
cake. "Ze fingers in ze noze," as they say in French. And Spalax took off at 8
knots.
Before I forget, we failed to cach any fish
today, so I made crepes suzettes for supper and everyone agreed they
were absolutely fabulous.
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