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| Sailing the Ambracian Gulf |
This has been a very sad week indeed. Andreas left us on Wednesday and took the sunshine with him to Cyprus. A week of storms begun, bringing to an end the Halcyon days! There has been practically no sailing and the inside of Crest Hawk is beginning to smell like an old people's home. Toninght however we have just finished dinner aboard Star Catcher with our adoptive grand parents Dot and Malcolm.
Preparations have been made for the voyage to Levkas tomorrow including rig tuning, winch servicing and saying goodbye to all our loved ones. Also motivating ourselves by watching the movie Treasure Island which has us pumped!
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| Tomas not catching anything |
The Halcyon days are 10 days of calm sunny weather every winter on the Greek coast when, legend has it, the Halcyon bird lays her eggs. By complete luck we launched Crest Hawk, a Halcyon 27, at the start of that period.
On Tuesday we had our first official race/rematch. We discussed tactics and got an early night but got beaten rented mule.
Last night we experienced our first Saturday-night fever Greek night. It's easy to blend in either by getting on your knees and clapping or, holding your arms outstretched while looking at your feet and walking about the room whilst bouncing every 5 seconds or so. There's a free drink for the most enthusiastic dancers (not us).
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| At anchor in the 'Bay of Pigs' |
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| Launch day |
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| Launch day |
Tomas has fallen for a Russian barmaid and has slipped into a state of nervous tension which he describes as having your favourite meal right in front of you but not being able to eat it. He's sitting opposite me now with sweaty palms and in a tense position, puffing away on a fag. We think the cause of this may be the humidity onboard, for it's also having psychological repercussions on the other crew members, such as nervous breakdowns and split personality arguments.
Some of the pictures this week are from another camera which we've now got a card reader for.
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| Hercules and Achilles |
Tom's Top Tip: "If a waitress is ugly and has a boyfriend, don't invite her round for dinner (especially if you can't afford to pay the bill) (she is not the one I've fallen in love with)"
Ben's Best Bit: Andreas catching me out me on a brown lee-shore through the forehatch... luckily it was a non wiper.
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| Zed & girlfriend |
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| Alex & Captain Andreas |
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| Cabin fever |
Epic adventure chaps.
ReplyDeleteTomas, everyday you remind me more of Randy from My Name is Earl..
Has the boat turned out to be the babe magnet you thought it'd be?
Ed
Estupendo, chicos. Esta si que ha sido una buena entrada. Animo que todo esto pone mucho pelo en el pecho (like grandpa used to say, in English, of course)Big kiss.
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