A Race!

Out of the blue, an invite to go crewing on Apparition! Though it was very grey. And got even greyer. The Jubilee Cup or some such thing - I’ve no idea whose Jubilee. Within a few cables (get me!) of the start we were already being dropped by the pack. The Cap'n’s overcautious sail plan. Eventually we began overhauling those at the back, but as for the front-runners, they were small specks in the distance. After three hours, the race was abandoned as the first boat wasn’t home in that time. How dramatic is that!
Later out to the Bow (what a great bar that is - everywhere is heaving and the best bar in the Old Town is devoid of tourists) to meet JustSitting for a beer and on to see Luke Wright in Frankie Vah. Quite excellent - and impressive that this guy can create a reminiscence of what it was like on the left in the 80s given that he was born in ’82. Back to the Bow for a swifty and much highfalutin chat, as you’d imagine. And the son got in touch - he’s been busking. This, I may have to see.