Blog Day 2
The mother watch (blue watch) rose heroically early at 6 to prepare an exquisite breakfast of sausages, tomatoes and scrambled egg, which was on the table at 7 on the dot. After breakfast, news of the mystery of the missing bags: they were still in Gatwick, but were going to be flown out. The skipper and mate decided to pick them up at the airport partly to avoid any more confusion and also because it was on the way to the start line. The rest of the morning was spent preparing for the Parade of Sail and handing out invites to other smallish boats for the ‘80s rave’ themed party to be held on the boat in Helsinki. At 1130 we followed out Denmark to begin the Parade of Sail in brilliant sunshine. We were cheered on the whole way by crowds on the shore, in spite of our rather feeble Mexican waves and a rogue fender that hung off the starboard side for 2 hours! Once the Parade was behind us we began the trip to Copenhagen. Blue watch sustained the crew with a delectably spicy tomato soup and better winds than expected enabled the cruising chute to be deployed and the engine to be switched off. A new super high tech recycling system was developed, but it proved to be slightly too ‘cutting edge’, claiming two casualties in the first couple of hours. With Jonny director of cooking operations, dinner was bloody amazing. The brownies were beyond perfect, and made a brilliant end to a day far less traumatic than the previous one.
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