Murphy - Here we go (almost) - Day Minus 1
We’re
ready; we’re eager; we’re raring to go. Literally nothing is left on our to do
list that we need do before the morning of the start – i.e. tomorrow (Tuesday
27th) at 11.00. Today we had Jeff up the mast in a bosun’s chair,sticking
spreader patches on the mainsail; Lucinda down in the cockpit locker, putting on
a wash; Jake spring cleaning the boat’s insides and Andrew ..... supervising
(truly mentally exhausting).
Lucinda
(with a little encouragement from her friends) tried baby squid for the first
time at the Sailor’s Bar and pronounced it delicious. Lucinda (and John from
afar – many thanks) treated us all to dinner at Pier 19, a restaurant that not
only does great food (e.g.baked provolone with tomato chutney – just to die
for), but also makes the most spectacular Hendricks gin and tonics presented in
great balloon glasses with spirals of cucumber and juniper berries. As we were
finishing, the most wonderful squall hit the marina, accompanied by a totally
tropical, spine-tingling downpour. We casually ordered more coffee to postpone
our walk home until it had finished.
Now for an
early night.
Andrew
Calvert
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