Sunday, 1 March 2015

Ritchie's yacht

As I mentioned the other day we thought  Richie's yacht was moored next to us. Turns out it wasn't.  I had spent several hours drying out pebbles to put in a plastic milk bottle with a note which I threw into the cockpit.  A half hour later the owner showed up so I went for a visit.  He's alone sailing a Whitby 42 from Victoria around the world.  Flies home 2x per year.  Just arrived, hit 60 knots on the way, a fair bit of damage but I forgot to ask what.  He sleeps from 11 pm to 7 am, he has AIS and radar with alarms at 12 and 6 miles.  In twenty thousand miles of cruising he's seen three ships.  Gutsy guy and he's not young unlike us.  L and B

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