1045hrs 14 Aug 2005 UTC 50’14”N 004’26”W
We left Plymouth a couple of hours ago – a bit sad in lots of ways – I was thinking about my Dad as we passed the breakwater and wondering how many times he’d done the same thing, in war and peace – and we passed Cawsand and the house we lived in for a few months when he was stationed in Devonport and I was about 10 – I could see the sea wall and the ruins of old fortifications we used to play in. And all those nice RORC and Rolex people who looked after us so well. Hope we will see most of them again inSydney real soon now.
The last boat, Pickle, finished around midnight last night – 8 NHS medical people hired the boat from one of the Very Big outfits that hire boats having checked it out and done their qualifier in it only to find the spinnaker in two pieces when they hoisted it after the start. Not a happy event. I’d sue the Very Big outfit for my money back.
Dont know whether Bekens of Cowes – have a website [ed: they do http://www.beken.co.uk/ but no Berri results in the search just yet] but we asked them to take photos of us and they did in theSolent after the start. They will send Proofs to Jeanne so there will eventually be real pics for the website, if copyright allows.
The logs ramblings can be cryptic, so we have added:
