Less than 72 hours to the start of the Fastnet, one of the world’s most famous offshore races...we are in full race prep, making sure the boat is race ready with our Kevlar racing sails instead of the cruising sails, setting up extra blocks, replacing bungies, packing spinnakers, getting the berths ready for the crew...

It also means shopping for 14 tomorrow and this afternoon, cooking 3 meals for 14! Am about to start peeling the potatoes for the Shepherd’s Pie - maybe I should write some more first!

2 of our crew are already here, giving us a hand with the preparation, tomorrow another 9 will arrive and the last one will jump on Saturday morning.

Saturday is practice day, before the start on Sunday...

Just had another look at the weather, as we keep on hoping it will change...it always does, why not now??? It is promising to be very very light, which for our boat is not a good thing; we want a nice 15-25 knots! A Swan needs a bit of wind to really get to her full potential and that is what we want!

Nothing we can do about it though, but wait and pray. And keep checking the weather...

Fastnet Rock here we come!

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