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Saturday night the crew gathered on green mountain at the beautiful hilltop home of the Deasys. They’ve cleared off some trees to give them an absolutely beautiful view to the valley on their East.

Katey had prepared a sumptuous feats of Lasagna, fresh tomatoes, french baguettes, and a fruity dessert that produced raves from the crowd. We shared stories and enjoyed a few laughs from past and present trips. Kathy caught us up on provisioning by bringing along a gastronomic survey and yours truly gave out the last of the "what’s your pleasure" itinerary surveys. 

 After dinner we all retired to the family theater to watch some video from the BVI Video site.   I showed them some 30+ knot racing by catamarans in France. I was flattered that most of the crew was kind hearted enough to believe me when I told them I was crewing the red one! 

check it out here:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=FWINygISxDE 

We also took a dive to the Rhone together:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gNS9Vr4RlEY

All this revelry generated an impromptu mask and flippers regatta to test out Kevin’s ‘plywood flipper’ theory. The pylons were placed strategically throughout the upstairs and ended with a downwind leg back down the front staircase to the finish line in the foyer. For those of the group who don’t recall this event and its outcome, I can only say you drank too much sweet tea or left too early! 

Next outing will be on the deck of the good ship Harvell for a final briefing on travel tips and ship stowage about two weeks before we shove off. Until then let me leave you with a great quote Katey found on TTOL-

Take your time. . . smell the sea air, feel the sun. It is totally impossible to see everything in one trip, so don’t force yourself to try. Squeeze every goodness out of every minute. If you love where you are and don’t want to leave, stay another night. Leave room in the sponge. All you HAVE to do is get the boat back on time and as she was given to you.
It is YOUR trip.

Ahh, I can hear the waves lapping already!!!