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Rightg above a "A near perfect shot from the mighty 18’s". Which are not at all tippy.

We start the engine, charge the batteries for a bit and hope the sound keeps the humpbacks aware of us. There goes that illusion.

Looks like they'll be there. Can't go wrong now. Win and have a great story of overcoming adversity. Lose and they're just backing off to check everything is ok for the big race.

Not the first time she's bounced off the bottom. At least this time I can watch it from the comfort of my keyboard rather than jumping straight on the rescue boat fresh from a 30+ hour trip to Gero to help get her back to the mooring. At that time the boat did have a limit, and the crew were well over it at the bar celebrating racing up on a substantially larger boat than the rest of us plebs.