Nov 24, 2005 - 2145hrs UTC

2145hrs 24 Nov 2005 UTC 45’30”S 093’04”E Ref 583

we have our first taker for the 2007 london marathon – wooohoooa primitive, exultant, gibbon-like call given out by an old geezerDictionaries define a geezer as an old person, generally an eccentric old man. Its origin likely in the word masquerader (colloquially, guiser) from Middle English gysar. Go figure, as the Americans say.; many variations as listed, in order of emphasis: Woohoo Woooohooo WOOOHOOO WOOOHOOO! WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOa primitive, exultant, gibbon-like call given out by an old geezerDictionaries define a geezer as an old person, generally an eccentric old man. Its origin likely in the word masquerader (colloquially, guiser) from Middle English gysar. Go figure, as the Americans say.; many variations as listed, in order of emphasis: Woohoo Woooohooo WOOOHOOO WOOOHOOO! WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO!! – onya katherineAlex’s daughter. hope there will be lots more. i’m going to have to get my shoes back on – can’t wait for the day. not sure how we will organise this one but will discuss with steve when he gets back from london in a week or so and let all y’all know. must check out aeolus – at the moment, he’s only vaguely peripheral to my pantheon but if he’s that efficacious, we need him inimical. erk – did i really say that?

hooningAs far as I can gather, if Berri were a horse, she’d have the bit between her teeth to be hooning along again – can’t quite believe it after this morning. 74 miles in 12 hours. very cautious optimism once again – things really do change so fast. there’s a gale warning around the cold front associated with the nasty great low to the sw, coming up behind us at 30 kts. once, the knees would have trembled a lot – no more. seems to be just what we need – bring it on. we’ve got about 30 kts up the collective chuff right now anyway. almost daylight outside – getting closer…

scott, thanks – cascade would be fine, but i think that customs might get sniffy if they find out – perhaps better to wait until we clear.

lynne mcc – welcome aboard – my last boat was a c29 – where do you and rowley keep them? we will miss this log too – the london marathon idea should keep something rolling, but it’s not quite the same.