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May 11, 2006
Volvo Ocean Race
Leg 7.
7 boats.
7 days.
New York City to Portsmouth, England.
Click HERE for the Volvo Ocean Race website.
I think we were still in the Bahamas when Toby, great friend, famed crew member aboard the beloved Platina from Charleston to Fort Lauderdale last November, year-round live-aboard his Beneteau 43 Pearl in New York Harbour (loco?), invited us to watch the start of Leg 7 of the Volvo Ocean Race.
Abso@#&$^%$tely!
As a newbie New Yorker (I have worked in my VERY comfortable walking shoes, sharpened my elbows, and go everywhere with my “NFT” – Not for Tourist Guide to New York), getting from 55th and 6th Avenue to World Financial Center, during rush hour, then hop on the ferry across to Jersey to meet Tobes in time to be off the dock by 10:30am, I would have to leave at sunrise.
It was a once-in-a-lifetime event! How many times do you get to see highly qualified endurance sailors head across an ocean? Amazing. By far the prettiest boat is Pirates of the Carribean.
From Portsmouth, the fleet heads for Rotterdam, then on to Gotherburg. Follow the boats HERE
Posted by dave at May 11, 2006 06:56 PM