Monday 25 Aug

Sjoe, now I know why I haven't sailed Lipton cup in a long time. It appears sir tom never spent an August in Cape Town. Froze my gazoonkas off out there in the lumpy seas. Bongo's turn to feed the fish as he was propping up the bar till late. Turns out the germans are actually from nam and hold their booze like real men. note to self:avoid german's and grapefruit schnapps at all costs.

There was a DSQ last night and we are immediately on the good side of the current w&nker line. That's like gaining five places in your sleep.

Had an incident on the startline and got tuned by some okes clearly from otherside of the curtain. We glared and shouted back on each tack and subsequent crossing, but then they disappeared before we could get any good chirps in.

Dropped the pole twice, wrapped the bag once and couldn't clip in quickly a few times. Appear to be more on my game when my head is aching. Of course got screamed at till the Dude went blue, or maybe he was hyperthermic. Never thought 5degrees was beer drinking weather.

The top guys disappeared again,looks like Daddy's Impatience, Onion mistress and the district have different boats to the rest of us. Draadkar and Dynamite Iodine have emerged from the pack to challenge them. Don't think I'll be drinking champers from the mug this year.