Released from prison - 14/04/2015

At long last, customs has released our poor sails from the prison in which they were held captive. All our racing sails are now in the country, rolled, and ready for some testing and training on Saturday morning. After testing, they will be rolled and placed in their yellow "sausage" bags, ready to be shipped off in the container.

Our precious sails can finally breathe again

The final (and most smelly) step in the repainting process, anti-fouling, is complete. The hull went back to her original red colour, with a smell more toxic than it is bright!

Legacy is finally ready to be launched! She'll be back where she is happiest, in the water, this Friday. Cowes week is coming ever nearer, with the boat scheduled to set sail for Antigua in just a few weeks, en route to the Azores. The container is estimated to be shipped around the same time.

As seen in our last post, the crew aboard Legacy is all about safety on deck. In line with this, all the inflatable life jackets recently underwent a 24 hour inflation test. The two which did not pass had to be replaced.

The excitement is mounting quickly, if you can even imagine us being MORE excited than we already are!