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Posted on Thursday, 18 August 2011Sunday, 14 April 2013 by chris

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    Huge relief all round … we made it … arriving into Recife as the sun dropped below the horizon last Wednesday evening. Fizz all round and sleep, blessed sleep. As usual, we spent a couple of days organising work on the boat (Genoa and main furler motors being the top priority) and I cleaned myself […]
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