I can’t tell you how pleased I am to be back in the water again today, with both my hulls wet, the way they are supposed to be!
My crew took me straight out for a quick sea trial – for which, of course, I behaved perfectly - but as the weather was a bit stormy, I genuinely thought that the moment had arrived for me to take my crew straight off on our 5,000 mile voyage to the Caribbean. And I was really REALLY excited when I saw my sister ship, Laissez Faire, an identical Lagoon 560 catamaran that was built alongside me by the French, sailing alongside me! There was lots of tooting’s of horns, waving, and generally outrageous and exuberant behaviour by both crews; sometimes I have to keep reminding myself that I am flying the burgee of the Royal Thames Yacht Club!
My excitement was short lived when my crew said a noisy goodbye to Josh and his crew on Laissez Faire, as they headed straight off to the Canaries (Josh reportedly told his crew their only stop was in Gibraltar for diesel and an ice cream, so glad I’m not sailing with them….) – because my crew pointed out that my lovely and expensive new sails weren’t actually yet back on board, so we couldn’t leave. And they had no food. Ah well. I’m looking forwards to going as soon as possible; I can’t wait to get back out to sea!