We lifted Berri in the slings for an hour this morning in the drizzle and bleah. 'Orrible! Stuck a venturi onto each of the cockpit drain outlets – the originals had all fallen off and they really do make a difference. And a clamp around the anode. And put some antifoul under the counter – whole new look, not noticeable when Berri launched again unless you look closely but obvious and a bit daunting – I hope – to the relatives of all the barnacles we took to Hobart from here last time. That's the top pic.
And it's all winding up. I'm off to Hamble tomoz to collect the (I hope) repaired wind generator and all the other stuff we left there to lighten Berri for the Fastnet and then we start sorting and loading all the gear in Jeremy's shed and Anne's lockup (150 cans of Murphys and a modicum of medicinal potion from a certain Cork distillery of Dry liquids).
And collect the Cape Town charts…
And buy lots of diesel and almost all of Tesco's and Asda…
And we'll go – perhaps 10 days or so to get it all done.
The logs ramblings can be cryptic, so we have added: