Cowes to Malta Delivery

Well what can I say, what an adventure this delivery was... met some interesting people of different ages and nationalities.. a great time was had and it was a massive learning curve in terms of sailing! This is just a short overview, basically first time sailing at night, shifts or 4hrs on and off during the day and 3hrs at night that takes a few days to get into it.. first time sleeping on a boats engine (whilst on!), I did improve helming although some times its quite easy to get distracted!!

Few incidents and bruises, such as flying across the room and hitting the wall... running into the boom (never a good thing!) had to sit with pate on my head (the only solid cool item on the boat!)..
We had a few hits of rough weather, once when I was helming at night for the first time.. very scarey, I rocked the skipper out of bed... next thing its "shall we put in a reef" (make the sail smaller so we slow down a bit!).

Had to leave Gibraltar in a hurry due to skipper Ben losing his passport, that was interesting... never been asked to leave a country before.. all made for an exciting day, with covert operations to get food to the boat! Funny.. :)

Then arriving in Malta surfing into the harbour with 30 knot winds... all ended what will be one of the best experiences of my life. A bit like an adrenalin big brother on a boat.. looking forward to racing now!