Shine - Final Day: Betty Swollocks crosses the finishing line.
A quiet final night with no dramas.More quality time spent in the
stern sauna with our ever present companion,Betty Swollocks, the
crew member who I for one will most certainly not miss.
So, finally across the line at roughly 08:26:37 this
morning, which works out at around 30 minutes short of 16 days from
the start in Gran Canaria. Including the race yachts we are 13th
of the250+ starters, and depending on the handicapping will be first
or second in class - not bad for a crew with the combined age of
468.
As promised, the whole crew finished in Tiddy's polyester black
thongs (supplied, not owned by.................I think) . The
official ARC photographer came out to meet us so by the time he's
syndicated his photos, we could well be on the front cover of not
only Yachting Monthly, but also Muscleboy,Nosh and various other
top shelf publications .
A great sense of achievement and an unforgettable experience for us
all,with many excellent memories and tales of derring-do. Tales
that will doubtless be embellished and I suspect many of you may
well will tire of them all too soon.
I speak for the whole crew in thanking Giles for inviting us and
offer an especially big thank you to Shine for getting us her
safely. We bent you a bit, broke a few parts and even tried to fill
you with seawater, but you never faltered.
A final thank you to all who have read this rambling drivel over the
last couple of weeks, an din the words of Samuel Pepys himself,
And so to bed.
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