TELEFONICA BLUE EMAIL: 'Start was ok, not pushing hard. We knew a park up would happen'

Sunday, 16 November 2008 08:00

Telefonica Blue - Bouwe Bekking (Skipper)

A typical Cape Town departure; bright sunshine and thousands of people on the docks and let's not forget the enthusiastic people on the water.

The start was ok, not pushing it too hard, as we knew a park up would happen.

The first leg we were dog slow, had big piece of weed on the rudder, but once that was cleared we were off.

Had a good beat up the the Cape and lots of tacking so very little sleep for the guys. We got stuck together with Ericsson 3 in a light patch this morning, which nobody else seemed to sail through, that was expensive.

But now we are on our way again, and have three boats in sight. The boys are now for the first time in their sleeping bag and catching some well deserved sleep. The breeze will slowly build, and we keep that for a couple of daya getting some good daily miles under our belt.

Cheers,

Bouwe