20.11.

Team-up

Group together. Almost. Unfortunately Petteri had to take a tough decision and skip the journey due to sickness in family. Hannu’s perfect organizing skills were tested, but replacement was confirmed in minutes, and Iiro will be joining us on Saturday.

Alberto’s briefing onboard was to-the-point “no bullshit” training of all essential safety measures such as procedures on Man Over Board, fire, hitting a container…. In case all must leave the boat, we practiced swimming in a crocodile position. Not funny. “If you fall during the day, 99% chances. If in the night … not good”, Alberto said, and we all decided to use the lifelines at all times.

“Alberto is the most genuine fine man, good skipper and a mad sailor”, explained Julian who has 13 years of experience in ARC sailing. We were already very proud of Alberto.

Unfortunately, we learnt how essential it is to drink water. Olli suffered de-hydration and had to skip the dinner. He will be back.

It was indeed great to be together, ventilate about expectations, fears and hopes. Great team.

-Pasi