Max said "Come on over, do the race and then help crew
the boat to Bermuda! It will be a laugh, we will have a ball!"
Well, we had plenty of laughs, but a few tears too as the weather increasingly
got worse and worse on our trip south
to Bermuda. With 40 knot winds and 25 foot waves I certainly got a great
introduction to off shore sailing!
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| Crucial
planning for the race. |
Max tries to
spot the starting line! |
Simon, Nick
and Jane. We came fifth in our class for the race. |
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| The weather
was pretty poor for all 130 yachts. |
Safely moored
in Nantucket with Foxfire along side. |
I can't really
remember much about the evening in Nantucket after the race. We all had a good time apparently! |
After sailing in the Figawi
Yacht Race from Hyannis in Cape Cod to Nantucket Island on Saturday 24th May
2003
Max Clissold and his intrepid crew made final preparations for the crossing to
Bermuda.
