First Blog from Leg 2 crew

Well here we are in Dover with our new crew for the start of Leg 2.  The weather gods seem to playing a similar game to that which they played in Brighton i.e. strong winds from the wrong direction!!  So we have been storm bound in Dover for the day - but it's been tops, we had a trip round the lifeboat here - actually berthed opposite Scarlet - within swimming distance or long boat hook!! We also had a tour round Dover Castle - it's pretty impressive and with some cracking views over Dover harbour and the rather large waves outside the entrance which we were very grateful not to be out in :-) Our new crew of Jay, Dan, Michael and Mark from Skandia seem to be settling in well.  Uno has been out although the games have been slightly quieter than those of last week - does that mean there is more or less cheating though??  Having a chill out night this evening, attempting to make Scarlet out of plasticine, after tops dinner of sausage and mash and onion gravy - thank you boys.  Off make out plasticine mast - more later in the week

It has been a very very windy day! To windy to sail :( but even so we still had a brilliant day! Starting with a yummy breakfast of eggy bread soon followed by the tour of the RNLI boat. After the tour we started the long UPHILL walk to Dover castle, after the long climb we where all delighted because with the tickets came some epic stickers!!! We were overwhelmed by the size of the castle as from well below at the dock it seemed tiny :). We had a guided tour of the old war tunnels and successfully found the haunted room :S. We head back to Scarlet Oyster for dinner, Me and Michael cooked sausage and mash (i had boiled spuds). This brings us to now, i am sitting writing this blog Dan. M, Michael, and Jay are making Scarlet Oyster out of plasticine and off for a shower soon :) x

Dan Goulding

Well what an experience - and its only day 1 of the second leg, an absolute honour to be on board with great people on a great boat - I luckily won one round of Uno, still unsure of the rules! We are all looking forward to getting out on Scarlet Oyster soon just as soon as the weather improves! 

Mark Collins