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Wednesday 10 September 2014

Re: Under pressure!

What a sport! It would've given me something to blame it on!


> On 10 Sep 2014, at 09:40, Richard Palmer <jangada@me.com> wrote:
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> With a goatee beard developing under her bow, it was definitely time for a lift & scrub. Even the saildrive was covered in crustaceans. This year seems particularly bad for marine growth - the combination of warm sea with rain washing the fertilisers and associated spores off the fields perhaps.
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> Given that I'll be racing against Jangada this weekend I'm beginning to think I should have left the pressure wash until next week.
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> Might have to rethink the strategy and return to dry sailing next year.
>
> Richard
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Under pressure!

With a goatee beard developing under her bow, it was definitely time for a lift & scrub. Even the saildrive was covered in crustaceans. This year seems particularly bad for marine growth - the combination of warm sea with rain washing the fertilisers and associated spores off the fields perhaps.

Given that I'll be racing against Jangada this weekend I'm beginning to think I should have left the pressure wash until next week.

Might have to rethink the strategy and return to dry sailing next year.

Richard