OK. Anna, will do, mmmmm, looking forward to it. Get that grill fired up.

Hi again, SINS, yes they ignored the coastguard warnings, but I would have done the same myself - (tee hee).

But a few points in their favour, 1. They were out of the jurisdiction of any coastguard for most of their journey, and 2. by the time they'd have got in range of the US coastguard they'd have been pretty much home and dry. And 3. Regarding the seaworthyness of their ship, it is a steel vessel which has been afloat for fifty years. Whereas many modern ocean going racing yachts are unproven plastic boats. But they get no warnings. When i first read of the warning I thought it was just age discrimination and I still do.

Bert. (speaking as a boilermaker whose family has been involved in shipbuilding for generations)