Yesterday we made a tactical call to withdraw from the pub crawl. There was a large rock concert down at the waterfront and getting a bad hangover the day before race start was probably always going to be a bad idea.
We decided instead to go on a coast trip to Seatoun to visit the fairy shop to buy a few hexes to put on some of the competition. Most of Wellington was out at the beach as it was a sunny day with a gentle breeze of a mere 20 knots or so. We avoiding the people in deck chairs and bean bags outside the chocolate fish cafe and made it to Seatoun to find the fairy shop long gone and even worse the fish and chip shop closed until 4pm. A quick back track to the Worser bay yacht club to have a chat with a few of the sailors staggering back in from club sailing ensured. We had to however make an early escape as Chris Skinner who is staying with us for the stopover got side tracked by some skiff sailors with a row of beers lined up ready for some serious tall story telling.
Back to the fish and chips shop, we joined the queue of 8 odd people waiting patiently for the doors to open. the chips were excellent as was my potatoe fritter and fish which we ate at the park down the road watching kite surfers zig zag backwards and forwards.
Prize giving, stainless steel buckets with bottles of rum in them were handed out to the division winners. These got consumed just outside the club by the dingy lockers to avoid licensing issues. There were a few messy looking sailors come home time, especially those that stayed on after the pub crawl round town.
Apparently true love is breakfast in bed of avocado and tomatoes on toast.
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