Honeymoonish

We're in Sweden for a week, which has been thoroughly relaxing so far. I've relearned the boating mantra:

"There's no such thing as a five minute job"

"There's no such thing as a five minute job"

"There's no such thing as a five minute job"

"There's no such thing as a five minute job"

"There's no such thing as a five minute job"

I stuck the name on the boat today. It took over an hour, I got really wet and I think I could have done better. This just about sums up most of my boat jobs so far.

Either way great vacation so far. We've got some friends joining us on Friday, so we're nervously watching the weather forcast hoping for blue skies.

Geoff

Fan Class 32 - Clinically Insane?

This boat is nuts., but sort of totally sane at the same time. Why have the whole boat heel over when you can just allow the rig to do it? I read about it in YM a while ago and thought: "Nice concept, but it'll never work". Guess I was wrong.

30 Years on...

There's been lots of press coverage of the '79 Fastnet disaster, but for me the most gripping was the 15 page special in Yachting World. Matthew Sheahan talks very frankly about the events leading up to the death of his father and the decision to abandon the yacht with a crewman left onboard. It's just a chilling read and is reminiscent of the famous climbing book "Touching the Void".

Good luck to this year's competitors, though the pressure charts look like it will be a milder event this time.

MARCO NANNINI OSTAR sailor (Italian subtitles)

OUT THERE the Ostar 2009 documentary. Official Trailer