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10/11/2011
Kalista - Weather window opens
After being here in Hampton/Norfolk for a week, the window finally opens. At our Skipper's meeting this afternoon we were informed that the tropical depression just south of Bermuda will be moving out and a low front that is moving East from the coast will overtake and dissolve the depression between now and Friday. We are scheduled for departure Friday morning at ten AM. Winds are forecasted to still be in the 20 kt range with some rough, but not terrible sea conditions. Winds from the low coming off the coast should help flatten out the waves and with the winds being from the North North East, puts the wind on the aft quarter or close to dead down wind. All sounds good with the exception of the winds opposing the gulf streams Northerly flow, this normally causes some rough conditions.
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06/06/2008
Bali Hai - 6th June 2008 - Day 2 in Bayona
Within a few hours of arriving and after a sleep, one or two glasses of cava and a selection of Spanish cured meats that John bought everyone is refreshed. This was very much helped by the weather which has at last become sunny and hot. Even better, it is forecast to remain like this for the next few days. Yesterday Arwen organised an early evening drinks party on their boat. Unfortunately we arrived rather late but still managed one or two glasses of wine before heading up to the Yacht Club bar, where the amount of gin you have in a gin and tonic or rum in a rum and coke depends entirely on when you remind the barman to stop pouring. Then into town for some tapas with the crews of Serafina and Vision. A very pleasant evening was had by all and even I managed to stay awake until.
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09/11/2011
Trillium - Iced In In Maryland
The Frost is on the Pumpkin! Actually it was on the deck and dock and we were iced in the harbor. And it is only October 30th! Yesterday we had rain, sleet and snow. Thank goodness for our diesel heaters that have kept us warm in the cabin. Our plan was to leave on the 7:01 AM high tide Sunday just as the sun was coming up. The problem was that you could not stand up on the deck and there was no safe way to get onto the dock to release the lines. So at 5:30 AM the Captain made the call: go back to bed! It is actually a beautiful sunny COLD day. At 9 AM the ice began to melt, but the tide was too low to get out of the harbor so we are here for another day. It would be a beautiful day to sail - if we could get out there! ??????? The photo shows a beautiful day with.
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08/06/2008
Serafina of Maldon - Bayona
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08/06/2008
Bali Hai - Statement of Denial
We have received the following correspondence fromthe British Admiralty and responses purportedly made by the skipper and crew ofBali Hai. We wish to state that Bali Hai totally denies any involvement inor responsibility for the contents of this correspondence. Moreover wewish to make it clear that should four buckets be found attached to the keel ofBouzouki, it has nothing to do with us. Received from the British Admiralty 7thJune 2006 Captain’s occasional log – Mr. Hutton has taken the helm and I haveretired to the Admiral’s quarters for the evening. As I await the cabin boy toserve dinner, I hear the singing for the decks below as the retched crewconsumes their ration of rum. Finally Rob the cabin boy arrives with dinner anda bottle of claret..
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09/11/2011
Sialia - November 9th
November 9th We took a seminar on weather which was quite useful. I learned a new trick I’d not thought of before. If you stand with your back to the wind and extend your arms your left will point to the low pressure system and your right to the high. Pretty cool, huh? That’s up there with “mackerel skies and mare’s tails make tall ships carry short sails”. I’ll add it to the long list of little weather tricks and rhymes that prove useful when you are without your handy dandy Nova Communications Iridium Sat phone for weather updates :) Despite how much we’re enjoying the people of Hampton (and how much extra prep we’ve had the opportunity to undertake) we’re really anxious to get going..
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08/06/2008
Bali Hai - 7th June 2008 - Trip to Santiago de Compostela
Today there was on organised tour to Santiago de Compostela and we all bussed off like bunch of school kids under the watchful eye of teacher Kieran. Santiago is the town where many pilgrims walk or cycle to to pay their respects to the remains of St James, apparently one of the most popular pilgrimage targets in the world. It is famous for its cathedral and its massive swinging incense basket (the botafumeiro). It weighs 53kg and reaches 68km/hr as it swings over the heads of the congregation. It is only set swinging a few times a year and we were lucky enough to be there during a special mass and the thing was set swinging. It was quite impressive. The town is also famous for its almond cake and its cheese, the shape of which resembles something else that can be set swinging if not.
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09/06/2008
Bali Hai - 8th June 2008 - Another day in Bayona and a message for Helen Griffiths
A bit of friction on the boat today as the skipper thought that the crew should do some work on the boat to make us ship shape but a mutiny led by Mr Hutton, who thought that a jolly trip into town would be more fun, meant that I was left on my own to clean the boat all morning. The icy tension thawed that evening at the prize giving party when it emerged that we had won the "smiley miley" competition. The objective was to guess the number of miles the organisers had driven on the way to meet us in Bayona and clearly our strategy of blackmailing one of the organising staff had worked as it seemed that we had won the competition despite being only the fourth closest estimate. The better news was that it emerged that we had come second in the Plymouth to Bayona leg after adjusting for.
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09/11/2011
Kalista
We aboard Kalista are waiting out the cyclone that may turn into a hurricane. Upset at first, but foul weather sailing is not fun for anyone. We're finding things to do that help us pass the time waiting for our weather window. See our photo in the gallery section. Ted on the left, Bonnie, John and Dave. I guess drinking wine and eating cheese counts as doing something. S/V Kalista crew: John Swift Bonnie Swift Dave Hazel Ted Curriertrip and misc 068ATT0.
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09/06/2008
Arwen of Bosham -
We have spent several days here ‘re-charging’ our batteries so to speak. The weather has been warm and sunny although the wind does get quite brisk later in the day, which is the norm apparently.I have managed a swim in the afternoon most days and the water is lovely and clean, but still chilly (although warmer than when I was swimming in the UK before I left home).We went to Santiago de Compostela yesterday on a trip organised by the WCC. It was well worth the 1.5 hour coach journey as we were able to see some of the stunning scenery en-route in particular the views across the Ria of Vigo, it looks a wonderful area to explore by boat. The cathedral and surrounding buildings in Santiago were spectacular and the fact we were able to witness the ‘flying’ of the incense burner.
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08/11/2011
Sialia - update - new start time Thursday at 9
Sialia update - new start time Thursday at 9 The organizers came to interview Amy yesterday. There aren’t many kids on passages like this. And when they whole fleet is delayed on land.... Well they look for a human interest story :) Check the features page. Enjoy.We went out for sail and put everything up and worked through the logistics of changing headsails and the staysail and running backstays and tacking etc while tethered in. It was a spectacular day to be sailing... While the winds were light they were perfect for our purposes. The sky is an unblemished blue. Its sunny and warm. T-shirts, shorts and sunglasses are the order of the day. I hadn’t expected I’d need the sunscreen until we reached the.
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09/06/2008
Arwen of Bosham - Emailing: P6070273
This photo was taken in the square yesterday at Santiago de Compostela. Itshows the group of Rally Portugal crew waiting to start the tour of thecathedral.Your message is ready to be sent with the following file or linkattachments:P6070273Note: To protect against computer viruses, e-mail programs may preventsending or receiving certain types of file attachments.Check your e-mailsecurity settings to determine how attachments are handled.P6070273.
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08/11/2011
Pajarito - Becalmed!
P { MARGIN: 0px }The water is perfectly still. Not even a ripple of wind. We've made no progress toward our destination for the past 24 hours. There aren't even any waves - save for the occasional wake from a cabin cruiser passing by... Did I forget to mention we're still tied up to the docks? Evidently, there's a storm brewing out there east and south of us, smack dab in the middle of the direction we're planning to go. The rally wisely postponed our departure to be Wednesday at noon. Then, most recently, Thursday at 9:00 am. Amidst the groaning at the skippers meeting yesterday morning, I overheard a distinct sigh of relief. After reviewing the many, and sometimes conflicting, weather data, most of us are happy we didn't have to.
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09/06/2008
Serafina of Maldon - Last day in Bayona and the first Prize giving.
Last night we had the welcome party and prize-giving for the first leg of the rally. One of the prizes was awarded to the skipper, who before leaving Plymouth, made the most accurate estimate of their boat's arrival time across the finishing line in Bayona. We all left Plymouth at 10.30 am on Sunday and in our case we didn't arrive until 1.20 am on Thursday morning, so you will be impressed that Sarah took first prize as she was just 12 minutes out! (See gallery of pictures) The stay here in Bayona has certainly given everyone a chance to get to know each other and the parties have already begun in earnest. Today we were also joined by a last minute rally entry ‘Lolli-pop’ who were already in Northern Spain and are cruising with us all to Lagos. Monday has been a day of finishing.
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08/11/2011
Sialia - November 8th
November 8th Another sunny and warm and very pleasant in Hampton. To a person, everyone we have encountered has been friendly and hospitable. The facilities here are excellent. The Caribbean 1500 team did a superb job of arranging, last minute, for us to tour Fort Monroe. It was recently made a national monument by President Obama. The break from getting the boat ready was welcome and also tied in very well with Amy’s studies at school. (Now we are free to call this a very long field trip) We saw where Edgar Allen Poe, John Smith, General Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis spent some quality and impactful time. It was very inspiring and educational. There was also a fascinating window into the world of the divas of the age. It.
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10/06/2008
Bali Hai - 9th June 2008 - Last day in Bayona
Not much to report today. Suffice to say,Andy emerged from his cabin for breakfast in the late morning, pale and wearingsunglasses. The rest of the crew also did not feel up to anything muchmore active than lazing about in the beautiful Spanish sun, exceptfor a brief trip to the laundry. We continue to receive instructions from an e-mailaddress called the British Admiralty, at first we thought that this was a prankby one of our friends but we are now forced to consider that they may actuallybe genuine and to act on them accordingly. We retired early in the evening after anexcellent seafood meal at the Yacht Club (early by Spanishstandards that is as the restaurant does not open until well past mybedtime). The crew set their.
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07/11/2011
Lexington - Caribbean 1500 Sunday - Pre Start
Hello everyone, We are getting things ready for our voyage. Bob, Sam and Jim attended the skippers meeting. Karen, Nadxi and Jerry stayed on board getting provisions and cabins ready for departure. Some of us went out for lunch at the Marker 20 and Bob stayed on board taking care of a few things. We hadwonderful 58 degree weather andour weather forecast for the next few days is temperatures in the lower 60s and fair winds. A good forecast for sure! if you need to send an email , please email us at the following address samoore@gmn-usa.comnote - it may take some time for us to receive any email. Please don't send us pictures.We are working off a 2400 baud modem........ very slow. We are looking forward to this wonderful sailing trip and to share all our stories upon our.
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10/06/2008
Scott-Free - Bayona
We arrived in Bayona at midnight on Thursday earlier than expected after acracking sail down the Spanish coast. Most of the fleet were already there,and we woke on Friday morning to find China Blue alongside, where they hadslipped, apparently silently, about four in the morning.They could haveparked the QE2 alongside us and we wouldn't have woken!The marina and yacht club are very nice and everyone is very friendly.Weinvestigated the various leaks and have hopefully dealt with them, andtackled the list of little jobs that needed doing.We spent the few days in harbour socialising and looking around the town, atrip to Santiago de Compostela and readying the boat for the next leg.Next stop Portugal..
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10/06/2008
Bali Hai - 10th June 2008 - Leg 2 Bayona to Povoa de Varzim
We have just arrived in Povoa de Varzim and forthose who are watching our progress on the website the fact that we came in lastis not what it seems. We, along with Blonde Moment, decided that we wouldnot use the motor and sailed the whole way. Almost all the other boatsmotored for some part of the trip and so we are hoping that on the handicapsystem we will do alot better in our placing. The sail started well. We were second overthe start line and could have done better if I had kept my nerve and continuedsailing on collision course with Bouzouki but where we had right ofway. Unfortunately, not being a Mad Max, I chickened out and gaveway. The weather was beautiful, sunny and hot. Theonly problem was the wind - or lack of it. .
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07/11/2011
Habits of Health - The Crew of Habits of Health are Ready for Adventure!
Dr. Wayne Andersen and his crew: Lori, Dan and Tim have prepared the boat, stored provisions, reviewed safety proceedures, plotted a course, and are ready to set sail! Unfortunately, the weather is not cooperating, and a short delay gives more time to relax and get ready for the rally. We are enjoying getting to know the other rally members and are looking forward to warmer weather very soon!.
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07/11/2011
NYCTEA - Test
November 7th. Our schedule date of departure. We went to bed last night with the full intention of departing today for our first crossing. Amazing how much can happen when we sleep.... We have been delayed for atleast two days. More time to finish our last minute jobs ie: like finding out I purchased the wrong size bolts for our new footblock :-( Aw well in the end all is working out. Our crew arrived yesterday - we were glad to see them and share this adventure. Oh by the way..... Oscar is elated!!!!.
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11/06/2008
Bali Hai - 11th June 2008 - Another 4th place price
Yippee! After having won a prize for coming fourthin the first Smiley Miley competition, we have now won silverware (or moreprecisely - a hand painted ceramic tile) for coming fourth in the secondrace - after Sealion, Bouzouki and Blonde Moment. Clearly, those hoursspent bobbing around on the water without motoring were worthit. The excitement generated from this awardwas second only to that of the local Portuguese populous who went a bitloopy this afternoon after wining their second match in Euro 2008, securinga place in the next round of the competition. We watched the match on abig screen in the town square with a few hundred locals and afterwardsthere was much hugging and honking of car horns. John even had his Ronaldoclad stomach.
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07/11/2011
Sialia - Start postponed...
Start postponed... Sialia looks stunning, as you can see in the attached photo and every little detail has been checked and re-checked. We’ve gone through all of our safety exercises, taken on 200 gallons of water and filled all the fuel tanks. Amy and MaryAnn proved that Porsche's ARE indeed practical and filled both the forward and rear trunks with the last of the provisions – fresh fruit and bread, cold cuts and cheeses yesterday afternoon. We have one last run through all the systems, of which there are many, and then we set sail at noon today. The skippers meeting was very interesting. The SI’s are a little different. There are only two course race marks – the start and finish lines. Its a 10 min start; 5 minute prep flag.
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18/12/2011
Halcyon of Hebe - Halcyon on the ARC - Epilogue
Well, the ARC is over. A great event and and great fun.The crewsand boats are dispersing to the 4 corners of the world.Some arecontinuing their journey on the World ARC, many are stayting in theCaribbean for a period, while some are already back in damp, drearynorthern Europe.On Halcyon, Sarah has gone back to England to relieve a beleaguedhusband, who had been defending bravely on all fronts but was inneed of reinforcements.Rachel has come out to see Alistair - you'llbe able to read of their travels in the travel section of the DailyMail around new year.Lynda has come out and taken Steve off to a nicehotel.Jo, Bridget and Lizzie arrived on Friday so that we 5 aretogether again after what seems an age.It is very good to be withthem again.Last night was the ARC prizegiving.A fun party.
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07/11/2011
Pajarito - We're on a Boat!
p { margin: 0; } You're probably wondering, "what kind of sailboat name is THAT?" Contrary to popular rumor circulating the docks, it's not the name of our favorite party snack. "Pajarito" (pronounced PAH-HA-REE-TOE) means "little bird" and happens to be the name of a plateu where we lived in New Mexico for 20 years. Pajarito seems an appropriate name for a little boat being blown around on the sea. Captain Bill and I bought our Cabo Rico 40 three years ago and spent ten months doing our shake down, breakdown cruise around the Bahamas. After having to leave Pajarito for a little over two years to take care of a new house and old dog, we're finally back on a boat! We're looking very forward to.
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12/06/2008
Serafina of Maldon - Leg 2. Povoa de Varzim
Tuesday 10th June. The race start was less chaotic than the first leg and remarkably we slipped across in 5th place and chose to head offshore to try to pick up more wind. This tactic worked at first and we overhauled several boats to move into second place, but then they all hoisted their cruising chutes and spinnakers and we fell behind. We had a great sail for the first few hours, managing a stately 7 knots in 10+ knots of wind, but then around 1pm the wind died away and we chose to motor for one hour. The promised afternoon sea breeze never materialised, but we were able to just maintain 5 knots through the water and so we continued to sail until 7pm when a large electrical storm developed around us and so we elected to motor the remaining few miles in torrential rain, thunder and.
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07/11/2011
Jade - Log #1 The Night Before Leaving
Hello from the Crew of Jade! We just had a lasagna dinner and are relaxing before the big day tomorrow. We are ready to go and are looking forward to a fun passage. This is a new experience for three of us so we don't quite know what to expect. We will be happy to get started and see what it is like..
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18/12/2011
Porto Santo - Porto Santo 18/12
Estamos a 78 nm de Sta Lucia,vamos a motor,faltamcerca de 14 h até Rodney Bay.O dia ontem passou sem historia,bom vento até as20h00 LT,o mar se bem que atravessado esteve com muito menos ondulação,temsido uma navegação agradavel. Se vier vento durante o dia,ou depois defazer contas ao gasoleo,talvez consiga aumentar a velocidade e poupar 2 h áviagem.Quando avistar terra mandoum mail ou telefono.Atélogo.
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12/06/2008
Bali Hai - 12th June 2008 - Day trip to Porto
The day started ominously with scurrilousrumours abound that a certain Blackpoolian member of our crew hadappropriated certain articles of underwear from Blonde Moment's washingline. This has been completely denied and Andrew's strange gait putdown to too much starch in his shorts. However, if tomorrow we takeline honours as a result of our new spinnaker Isuspect that accusations will continue to fly. After this initial blip it turned out to be afabulous day. Porto is a very interesting city build on steep river bankson either side of the River Douro. The port lodges are located on one sideof the river and although the tour of Taylor's port lodge was rather limited asall the wine is actually made 100 miles up river it was still.
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07/11/2011
CARIS - 1500 Pre Departure
Dear Friends and Family We have been very busy aboard CARIS prepararing for the 1500. Safety equipment has been replaced and upgraded, new inverters have been installed along with a lot of other upgrades. We are looking forward to our departure for Tortola tomorrow AM. Crew members, Elena Leonard and Phil Barbalace are aboard and settling in for the sail. It's been very cold and windy here in Norfolk and fall is setting in. Today is a little warmer but we expect a few cold days of sailing before getting to the warmer water. We hope to arrive in Tortola in about 7 days.We hope to keep you updated by email as we sail South. Attached are some pictures of our predeparture.Best Joe and Sharon Venema s/v CARIS Flat Stanley our Trip MascotHampton PiersCARIS CREW FOR THE 1500MIELLE THE.
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31/10/2011
Meander - Fine Tuning
Doing a little fine tuning on Meander and starting to study the weather. Looking forward to a great passage to the BVIs..
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26/10/2011
Trillium - Feeding the Crew
There seem to be a few things that attract a good volunteer crew: · A good boat · Good food · And, of course, a pleasant Captain! On S/V Trillium, we try to provide a good ride and sailing experience AND really good food! The tips from Julie Palm made my provisioning for last year’s Caribbean 1500 very easy. I planned the meals, taking into consideration: · The ride we might be having · The condition of the crew’s stomachs (no red sauce on the first night!).
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12/06/2008
Bali Hai - 12th June 2008 - Day trip to Porto
The day started ominously with scurrilousrumours abound that a certain Blackpoolian member of our crew hadappropriated certain articles of underwear from Blonde Moment's washingline. This has been completely denied and Andrew's strange gait putdown to too much starch in his shorts. However, if tomorrow we takeline honours as a result of our new spinnaker Isuspect that accusations will continue to fly. After this initial blip it turned out to be afabulous day. Porto is a very interesting city build on steep river bankson either side of the River Douro. The port lodges are located on one sideof the river and although the tour of Taylor's port lodge was rather limited asall the wine is actually made 100 miles up river it was still.
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22/10/2011
Lady - Food for thought
Lady is presently cruising Chesapeake Bay and doesn't have Internet today, so I thought I'd try posting to the C1500 blog via SSB radio. Always nice to see if we can receive and transmit OK. I don't have meals planned by day, as I remember from another passage that most of the crew did not feel like eating dinner the first night. Perhaps this time the Medical Officer (me) will be more assertive in making everyone start taking motion-sickness medicines the day before we leave. Even though the ship's chef (me) loves to cook, and prepares most meals from scratch, the skipper (Charlie) doesn't want anybody using sharp knives in the galley while we are sailing in rough conditions, and we don't know ahead of time just how rough or calm conditions will be at sea. Also, even though the stove is.
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13/06/2008
Arwen of Bosham - Blog from the fog
40’ 26.2N 08’ 54.3WWe are now motor sailing in about 5 knots of wind from the west having come through a very foggy morning with visibility down to 100metres approximately. We left Povoa de Vazim at 0630 having been informed due to the lack of wind there would be no race to the next port – Figueira da Foz. All the boats have stayed in close proximity although for some time we could see no-one except for blips on the radar screen. Several now have their spinnakers up and are making reasonable progress.We all enjoyed our visit to Pavoa and the Yacht Club there made us very welcome; in particular the night of the prize giving when they had laid on an excellent musician who kept us entertained with a wide variety of songs and some skilful guitar playing, some of us.
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11/10/2011
Surprise - Cathy's Menu,my comments
SURPISE November 7-18 Dinner Menu by Catherine Chu "A menu to be savored, not just tolerated." Date Meal Comment Nov 7 Chicken and Pasta bake with Basil, Green Salad Mild dinner for the first night out Nov 8 Beef Bourguignon with Mashed Red Skin Potatoes This is a great dish for a cool evening Nov 9 Turkey Tetrazzini and Buttered Corn Not your mother's turkey Nov 10 Taco filled Pasta Shells with "all the fixins" Eat hearty amigo, we attack at dawn Nov 11 Beef, sausage and Cheese Lasagna Mama mia! Nov 12 Pork Tenderloin with Apricot-Honey-Mustard Glaze over Noodles, green Beans This is the best Nov 13 Braised Short Ribs with Thyme, Rosemary and Sage & Mashed Cheddar Potatoes Yum Nov 14 Spicey Braised Chicken with Shitake Mushrooms and Star Anise over rice Eat more oriental chicken Nov.
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13/06/2008
Bali Hai - 13th June 2006 - Leg 3 Povoa to Figueira da Foz
We were up at 5:30 for the start of the 75 mile legto Figueira da Foz to find that there was absolutely no wind and so the race wascancelled and the boats able to make their own way there in their owntime. Rob, razor sharp as always at this time of themorning, was making astute observations such as "you need wind tosail." He then made a tremendous effort in winching out themainsail only to realise that he had forgotten to put the rope around thewinch. The fleet pottered out under engine in a dead calmbut beautiful sunny day. However, after only a short while the fog arrivedand we were all feeling our way forward in only 100 metres ofvisibility. For sound signals, we tried using our first compressed air foghorn but only.
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14/06/2008
Serafina of Maldon - More from Pavoa
Wednesday Evening.Prize giving and buffet dinner turned into another marathon session, but showing astonishing maturity, we retired around midnight, which was a good move according to reports the next morning! However, before we left the dinner, we did have a long chat with the owners of a couple of cruising yachts that were staying in the same marina, both of whom are on their way to the Caribbean. Ria (from Salcombe) and Indian Summer. Thursday 12th June.Trip to Porto mainly to have a tour of the Taylor’s Wine lodge. Actually very interesting and the tasting was no hardship.Sarah, who is a veteran of Port Wine Lodge tours, having spent a week cruising up and down the river here with her mother a few years ago, went off to visit the city centre and met up with the rest of us.
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20/09/2011
Surprise - Surprise Blog
Surprise 1 September 20, 2011 This is our first blog concerning the Carib 1500. We have spent a fair amount of time this summer getting our Little Harbor 44 prepared for a significant offshore sail. Cathy, the skipperette, is a talented carpenter and has done a lot of the work such at putting in tie down latches for the under settee storage areas etc. We have also finally gotten our computer system up to snuff and have installed an ASE antenna to allow Iridium communications by e mail as well access the weather info via OCENS. This weekend we had a beautiful sail from Edgartown to Stonington CT where the boat will be pulled for bottom paint and a few other repairs that were beyond us. The biggest job is to be to check the status of the chain plates. .
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20/09/2011
Trillium - Getting Ready for 2011 Caribbean 1500 Rally!
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14/06/2008
Bali Hai - 14th June 2008 - Trip to Coimbra
Last night's sardine grill turned out to be anexcellent event. Plates of sardines with a simple salad and potatoeswashed down with copious amounts of local red plonk. We also got to knowsome of the other crews a bit better. Sitting next to Carrig Hannah we gotchatting to Wendy and Bob, who had only recently got married - having met on"pot luck" sailing holiday. We also met the crew of Lollipop who hadjoined the fleet in Bayona. They turned out to be a very sprightlyretired couple who, after a couple of glasses of the local grappa like firewater, managed to debag Andrew and raise his trousers up a nearbyflagpole. He was left with only a grass skirt to cover hismodesty. John and I returned to the boat at the relativelyearly hour of.
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16/06/2008
Bali Hai - 15th June 2008 - Party
The Hot Leg's cabaret was a bit of a let down apparently, more like luke warm legs. John and I restricted our involvement to looking at the sexy legs displayed on the ticket but did not feel like venturing out for the 11 o'clock show. We were told that looking at the ticket was more exciting than anything in the show. If I tell you that it commenced with a half hour of presentations to the local Portuguese handball champions then you will get the idea. Sunday was a day off. Unfortunately Andrew Bishop one of the rally organisers had been giving us completely unfounded stick for not inviting other boats for a drink so we decided that we would invite everyone else round for a few afternoon cocktails. The pictures in the gallery should give some idea of what transpired but the highlights.
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