Thursday 22 July 2010

Martin's Jerked Meat

More from the Tour in due course, we'll tell you all about the three days we spent in Dielette sometime later...

But first, a little tidbit, a tiny morsel, of Jade related fun.

Courtesy of Sam, who reported that his missus saw it and just couldn't resist, a new range of Blue J'Ade related snack foods...


Everyone sampled a bit of Martin's jerked meat, including Martin himself, it was salty and a bit tough, with a distinctly yeasty odour...

What?

It's beef jerky. What did you think it was?

Friday 2 July 2010

Broken furler

A Thursday night race? Very light winds? Must be time to break something: in this case - the furler.

Snaggly rope all caught up round the bottom required some fixing. Which required the skipper and Fingers to assume 'the position'.

Fingers also took the opportunity to nip below and pinch the anchor...

Inter Island Race and Governor's Cup

Less said about these the better really. 6 hours 15 for the crossing to Jersey, plenty of sunburn and 22nd overall. First two hours of the race wasn't so much sailing as drifting on the tide.

The wind picked up near Jersey, which was fun, but by the time it did, White Rabbit had already finished.

Sam Field took a load of photos (check out the one of the Jade underneath Condor!), as did I.

Sunday's governor's cup was also a bit of a let down, as the Guernsey team lost to the pesky crapauds 2-0. Light winds eh? What can you do.