Race 4 - Day 7
Skipper Report
09 December
With just 300 nautical miles to go to the tip of Tazzy we are fully in the mix. I have spoken to three other Skippers today over VHF Conall 'Hows ya ma' Morrison (HotelPlanner.com) who passed ahead of us going North as we ventured on South, Bob 'I'm looking for a man date' Beggs (Unicef) who passed behind us again heading North and Gaetan 'Tipi' Thomas (Garmin) who is basically riding shot gun with us. It's extremely comforting to know other boats are in such close proximity but I would be even more comforted to know they were behind us.
Talking of Conalls' ma, I’m going to share a little story with you all from back in the day at an event in Punta Del Este. I have a very immature game I play when in port; It consists of finding Lance 'Not so hard as Nails' from Liverpool 2018. Once found, I make sure his hands are full with either drinks, canapés or boat spares, I then approach him from behind (in stealth mode like some may say) and whip his shorts or trousers down to ankle level before he has chance to even realise what has happened.
I find it very hard to believe this ex-mountain warfare expert a) Does not learn from his mistakes of not wearing a belt and b) Cannot anticipate an approach from behind by a completely untrained Pants down Commando. I try and do this in the most public place possible to inflict maximum embarrassment. The reasoning for his hands being full is to ensure he cannot just grab at his shorts and resist.
Anyway, going back to an event in Punta Del Este, I approached Lance as stealth like as possible, this time he was double parked making sure he could get as much of the free beer down him as possible unaware that today it was about to become pants down Friday. I whipped them down to his ankles not knowing he was mid conversation with Conalls mother who was sat down at what can only be described as Lances crotch height. So, I must make a public apology to Conalls' Ma for subjecting her to that.
Lance has his pants around his ankles at most of the prize giving events so please make sure you come along to the next one and don't miss out!!
Bob 'I need a man date' Beggs is looking for a partner to accompany him to the Sydney to Hobart cocktail party on the 21st of December. He needed to let the Clipper Race Office know two hours ago but if the right candidate comes along, I'm sure the office will make it happen in order to keep Bob happy. The perfect candidate will be male, enjoy the odd war story and get Bob back to the correct apartment after copious amounts of beer. Last time I delivered Bob to an apartment, he ended up finding the right one three hours later so this role requires a high tolerance to alcohol whilst retaining a high level of responsibility.
Gaetan 'Tipi' Thomas we all know who you want your date to be........
See you in Sydney fellas and brush up on your pub quiz answers before then.
Let peace be the journey
Andy and the GREAT Britain Team