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Blonde Moment - blog 8



BLOG 8
Monday 19 June
Wow - last evenings shin dig gave us a bit of a shock - BM picked up two prizes! Must have been all that hard work antifouling and polishing in April. It was a great evening out at the Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona - thank you for your hospitality Bayona!

As day dawned, crews busied themselves preparing their boats with Code Zero's, Spinnakers and slipping lines. However, the patchy fog that rolled in on Sunday had reduced visibility to such an extent that Andrew (WCC) had to cancel the racing start for leg 2 (phew says Dee!). We are now motoring down the Portuguese coast dodging lobster pots, some grey skies, some sunshine and some wind. The winds have been equally variable. Having flown our very colourful spinnaker for about 40 minutes, we then beat up wind for a similar amount of time without changing tack. Then the spinnaker was taken down, the Code Zero put up and the wind died....25 miles to run to Povoa; what else is in store for us....ho hum, this is sailing!

P & D


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