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American Spirit II - Day 20; Measurement and Safety Inspection Day; January 23, 2014



At 9:00 AM every morning the World Cruising Club broadcasts on VHF Channel 72 information of interest to the Rally participants. For example, we were advised today that by early afternoon all boats making the first transit of the canal would be measured by an official of the canal authority. Our measurement inspection occurred at 10:15 AM and lasted a half hour.

The boat was measured: length, width, and draft; and particulars of the boat were written down by the official, such as our cruising speed; engine horsepower; status of navigation lights; and other navigation equipment.

At 2:00 PM Joel from the World Cruising Club conducted a safety inspection of our boat, since we didn't have one in St. Lucia. We passed.

At 4:00 PM a briefing was held for the boats (five) that did not receive this Rally briefing because they did not start the Rally in St. Lucia. This lasted until about 5:30 PM. David and Paul Fox arrived from Chicago and Phoenix during the briefing and sat in on the latter part of the presentation by Paul Tetlow of WCC. The presentation included a description of the areas that we would be sailing in and to up until Tahiti.

Lights out occurred at 10:00 PM as our travelers were tired, and so were Joel, Darlene and myself.

Brian Fox

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