That evening, crews mingled on the Club’s elegant poolside terrace for a cocktail
party prior to dinner in the Club and the good-natured banter that developed led to
a series of late-night raids to strike at rival battle flags and mascots during the
remainder of the week.
Pantaenius Cup Races
The following morning, Alan Brook made a valiant effort to scour Palma Bay for any
kind of sea breeze to open the series for the Pantaenius Cup. By 2:00pm, when
more of crews were swimming than sailing, he was forced to cancel the day’s racing.
The sudden appearance of Hans Kampers and his daughter Renee on the bathing
platform of the committee boat Flame II after swimming over from their venerable
Oyster 49 Mareka of Holland, might have had some bearing on the decision.
Hans and his crew were very much the jokers in the pack. Having swum over to
question how many bottles of Sangria the committee might have consumed during
the delay, the airwaves crackled with the alert “This is Mareka, Mareka, Mareka…
We are sinking”. A startled Brook, speedily handed his portable VHF to Hans who
ABOVE CLOCKWISE FROM TOP:
responded…”Vot are you zinking about?’ ‘Ve are zinking about lunch. Ven are
Oyster 655, Solway Mist II
you coming back?’
The Oyster fleet off Palma
Drinks party at Es Baluard
The subsequent signal to abandon racing for the day brought a cheer as crews
RIGHT:
headed off to spend the afternoon anchored in beach-lined inlets. Perversely
Close racing between the Oyster 655 Proteus
though, it also stirred the wind gods to provide a cooling breeze across the bay
and Oyster 72 Cookielicious
for the rest of the afternoon. It was a lesson learned for future days.
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