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Escapado - 28th November Skippers report



After a slow start today without the use of the spin pole as we scratched our heads trying to work out why it wouldn’t hold, we headed further south. Then gybed, hoisted our young Scotsman Tom up the forestay, we all watched him sway from side to side at such a great height in the ocean swell whilst he quickly retrieved the pole up line and a spin halyard.

Then with a plan for the pole, up went the symmetric with the guy lashed to the pole so there was no escaping should the jaw ping open again!

And we were off! Escapado roared through the building swell at speeds of 14.8kts! Everyone including Escapado were euphoric! Almighty cheers from us all, smiles were so wide as we laughed at this wonderful moment. The sun was setting, big cumulous clouds around had a deep red reflecting through them. It was as though the dolphins detected our happiness and a pod of approx 50 sprung out of the water all around! I held on to the helm it felt like skimming the waves under this beautiful kite hearing the crews elation match that of the dolphins excited leaps!
It’s been a great day at sea.

Sophie



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