EMAIL TELEFONICAL BLUE: 'An exciting start'

Sunday 17 May 2009 03:28 GMT

Telefonica Blue - Bouwe Bekking (Skipper)

An exciting start yesterday, and we did it well, leading at every mark in the harbour. But then the thick fog rolled in, and pretty soon we were on our own.

Nearly crashed into a power boat, who came in 90 degrees on our course, we think there wasn't more than a couple of centimetres in between us, it could have been very ugly. After that we we have seen nothing than just fog.

We know from the postion reports that we have been going alright, and holding a small lead. We passed already the most northern point of the whale exlusion zone and we are heading out to the Atlantic. It is a bit nippy on deck, so the first gloves have appeared and everybody is wearing their woollen hat.

Boston was an excellent stopover, everything was perfect. Thanks Joe Fallon, Peter Craig and all the volunteers for this memorable stopover.

Bouwe

Received 03:28 GMT