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Raritan - Raritan – 12/11/18 (11/12/18 for those from Europe) – Day 17 – Captain Slog, stardate 17.256.9



Voyages of the USA ship Raritan. Pete survival prediction still at 100% I think we’re going to make it.

We had to resort to engine for a few hours last night with the sailors blight of too much sea and not enough wind to keep the sails from thumping and banging all night and keeping everyone awake. The wind picked with the coming dawn and the sea state a little more regular. A good days sail under 1st reef and jib dodging rain showers where possible. 2nd reef in main at dusk. All round, top notch, team effort working like a well oiled machine now. Floated the idea of hanging a right Bernard Matissie (sp?) style and shunning the publicity of the finish in St Lucia for an immediate return trip to Europe. No takers.

All joking aside, it has been a pleasure to be involved with this band of merry men and their grand Atlantic Adventure. You cannot cross an ocean without the courage to lose site of the land and everyone to a man has stepped up to the plate with good grace, humor and fortitude. It has been a privilege to be party to the reunion group of long term friends and to hear their stories and relocations from previous adventures as they create new stories right here and now to be told again and again and again in the future. For that I apologies to anyone who has to endure the retelling.

Right lets crack on with getting safely in to St Lucia and tied up on the dock.

Ian McGuiver (sp)?) Thompson





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