Crew Blog

Dive! Dive! Dive!

18 April 2008

The laughter has continued. As the crew kick back and finally join the motor-sailing cruising division, daily horoscope readings from some of the US’s finest publications, reveal… Hagen, John and Clare on arrival in Santa Cruz should be sporting “a bright yellow blouse and a sexy mini to draw attention to themselves and increase their confidence”.  Can’t wait for that photo to be posted on the blog!

Following horoscope hour, Ricky threw down the gauntlet for “The Hull & Humber Gurning Challenge” and left us with the helicopter lifting strop and the camera to see what wonderful faces we could pull. Much laughter and mirth!  Several props were enlisted to enhance some of the crew’s more comical features. The highlight no doubt was our very own Norwegian U-Boat Commander, “Admiral Tore”, donning a Durban beanie, snorkel (aka the bilge pipe), binoculars, silly glasses and the obligatory turtle neck fleece! Tore rose to the occasion - popping out of the lazerette, to the accompaniment of Neil’s U-Boat siren to scan the horizon before diving again.

Alongside the laughter we have been blessed with beautiful sunrises and sunsets, rainbows and dolphins. Bad weather…what bad weather? All but a distant memory. A day of sailing has been followed by a day of motoring as the wind came on the nose and died. With the wind increasing and slowly moving to a more favourable angle we expect to be sailing again shortly. In the meantime we eat up the miles and optimistically hope for arrival late 21st / early hours 22nd, dreaming of two nights in a bed before heading off to Panama.

Breaking news that one mile separated Uniquely Singapore and Nova Scotia at the finish line kept us glued to the scheds. Our congratulations to Uniquely Singapore on their first podium position and first win. Fantastic news.

After much tweaking and fiddling of the rig, the boat feels like her old self again. Miss Daisy, as we affectionately call her is anything but slow and doddering. Bring on the competition!

Lucy and Vic.