Sunday, August 8, 2010

Melbourne to Vanuatu Yacht Race - Day 12 - Gone Troppo



Gone Troppo – Last edition

We have finally arrived in the Tropical paradise of Vanuatu.

After a loooooong slow day with very little breeze Huey (wind god) dropped out the 0.00 knots as we drifted over the finish line doing 0.01 knot - (thank the current/tide god for us finishing on the right side of the harbour leads) at 22.10 on Thursday night! Grrrrr - frustrating to say the least. Most importantly though we did make it and were all VERY happy to tie up alongside our fellow competitors (Tevake, Turbo and 51st Project) about 11pm Thursday night.

The obvious happened .......... bottles and cans were cracked and the stories got bigger and better and flowed until the wee hours of the morning. This cat hit the rack at about 1.00am and have awoken to stories of roosters being purchased from the markets and planted on various boats, crew forgetting where they were and going in search of Souvlaki and kebabs rah rah rah - the usual post race lies, fun and frivolity.

Customs, Quarantine and Immigration did their thing (in their own island time of course) and we were free to get amongst it in Vanuatu. Most of the crew checked into Irriki resort and had our first sleep in a real bed for a few weeks - very pleasant indeed!

Thanks to all those who have tuned into the cats tales, I am glad to hear most of you have enjoyed them.

The Vanuatu Races are on today and given my winning gambling form, we are going to hit them with gusto! Frocked up, feeling good and signing off for one last time on behalf of all the Samskara Crew.

Over and Out!

The Ships Cat.

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