Crew Assembles in Long Beach

Last night Ross and I drove up to LAX to pick up Greg and Web. The boys had had a glass of wine (or two) on the plane and were easy to spot at the airport. After collecting the team and checking in at Base Camp Marriot we ventured our for a delicious dinner and planning for the next week. Fuelled with a couple of Mai Tai's we decided that we were going sailing today.

At 10:00 a.m. sharp we set sail with all our sail inventory loaded on board. Keep in mind that none of us ocean travellers had even seen most of these sails before. First up was the new mailsail which had been ordered to had some extra horsepower to the boat. Raising the main had an effect similar to a solar eclispe and we knew that we were in for a ride. With Skipper Chuggy at the helm we all felt confident that we were in for a grand afternoon of sailing in bright sun and about 18 - 20 knots of wind.

Over the course of the afternoon we were able to launch and retrieve all of our asymmertrical spinnakers the #3 jib, and jibtop. Our list of boat adjustments is getting much smaller. You will see from Greg's smile that this was a good afternoon.

Tomorrow is safety inspection day.

It is interesting to realize that it is still less than a month since we bought the boat... a lot has happened over the past couple of weeks!

Mahalo,

The team of Narrow Escape