Cats, Cowes and Clogging!

After a fine passage up from Plymouth , via Dartmouth and Studland Bay, we stopped at Swanwick for a couple fo nights and picked up some fuel on Saturday before moving over to Cowes for the Panerai British Classic Yacht Club regatta.  The new crew, Napoleon and Ensign seem to be settling in.

 

It was fantastic to see everyone again along with a great welcome from the club committee and membership.  We where presented with a new club birgee, as the old one was on its last legs.  The new one is defacted with an "A" at the fly distinguishing us as an Atlantic member.  Another club boat, Swanilda received the same, in recognition of her Atlantic circuit in the same year.

We were also presented with a very nice pottery fruit bowl in pale blue and white, for the "Greatest Distance Travelled".  Many thanks to the club for their support.  It has been fantastic to depart the 2012 regatta, and return to the 2013 one having spent the entire time in comission and cruising.

With all those miles behind us we are now stuck in Cowes with the high pressure fuel injection pump off and awayin Southampton, thanks to water in the fuel.  Not what you expect once you are back home!  Thanks to the company doing the testing, we are here going on a week after they got the pump, despite promising a "48 hour turn around".  Unimpressed.