Tuesday Nov 19
We have enm in Mindelo Cape Verde since we arrived early Friday AM. We are actually in the lead. One other cat arrivedbefore us but theirhandicap is greater than ours so, technically, we are in the lead. The other boat protested their handicap , but they lost their protest, and even had their handicap increased because they are using a new larger spinnaker. They are very serious about therace andare furious.
Our Russian Csptain is also very serious about it. He is determined to beat them even though they have a faster boat.
Mindelo Cape Verde is not Europe like the Canaries. It is very much West Africa. The island group is made up of volcano formed islands. We travelled to another island by ferry and rode up winding steep roads to the top of one mountain to see the craterof a large volcano. Fortunately it was sleeping.
It is verywindy here. The marina hasfloating docks and the wholething is constantly rolling and pitching in the swells.
We will leave tomorrow to continue the raceto Saint Lucia. Weill not have email or internetduring the crossing so our bog will not continue untill then.
Tess will tryto updatefacebook today.
It has been a great adventure.
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