Thursday, January 20, 2011
On the morning net VHF call I heard that Laura Dekker was going to exit via the Dutch 9am bridge, so I dinghied past Heinz-Dieter to pick him up and we headed for our paparazzi photo opportunity at the bridge. Upon returning to the boat I was a bit worried, as the big catamaran ahead of me was being inspected by the Dutch and I thought I might be next in line; disappearing in the dinghy right after arrival might set of some warning lights so I waited it out and, fortunately, they departed without stopping by Zanshin for tea. While my papers are in order and I got new fire extinguishers and flares I am fairly certain that they’ll find something that I didn’t think of and ticket me in order to stock up their coffers. Heinz-Dieter and I headed over for dinner aboard Arita, enjoying fine company and a tasty meal. The dangerous combination of wine and copious amounts of food had my eyes closing on me, despite it barely being 9pm
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