ahhh, good old Blighty
Well I've certainly been there and done that and have a few t-shirts to prove it, however I'm still not home safe and sound but lounging around lovely wet Dartmouth.
The race is over but the boats need to get home to Gosport and they can't sail themselves so a skeleton crew are sailing them back down and I can honestly say this is the hardest bit of sailing I've had to do. Even motor-sailing the 3,000 miles from Hawaii to Santa Cruz comes 2nd to this. It isn't that the seas are rough or that the weather is awful, though it has been very wet, it is the absolute opposite and this is making the trip so darned dull; just sitting around on deck for 4 hours hoping and praying that the wind will get up so we can raise a sail and turn the engine off and get some real work done.
I'm not complaining, I'm getting 2 days in Dartmouth and have even splurged out the last little bit of money I've got on yet another hotel room and boy is this one worth every penny, so for having to endure a week of bringing the boats home I am grateful for this stop-off and the most comfortable bed I think I have ever slept in.
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