JB and I went to weather and route briefings by Chris Tibbs and Andrew Bishop. A bit scary to say the least and the Panama Canal seems to be a complete bureaucratic nightmare and I don't think World ARC team are looking forward to it! In the evening we are invited to dinner by Steve, Susie and Guy (who was doing the cooking) with of course the crew of 'Cleone'. Another great evening! Malcy is enormously impressed by Steve's Halberg-Rassey and offers to marry Steve and have his children! He might have some competition as the blonde babes on Quasar seem to think Steve is something better than sliced bread!
After JB and I went to the Skippers briefing (Malcy was too busy engineering) I met for a drink with a friend, Elaine Skeffington and her skipper Derek and wife Julie plus (I apologise) their other crewmember, whose name I forgot, who had just finished a 2-week trip in a catamaran. Derek and Julie are interested in doing a winter leg with us. They would fit in very well! We ate on the boat and thought about the next day over a shot of Bob's brandy. (RL)
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