Got a good picture of Queens' chasing Girton in the men's second division. Couldn't understand what Girton's cox was doing until Queens' got stuck on the bank of the river and Girton got away...

I got back in Cambridge just in time for the May Bumps...but didn't get the chance to do them. I took some pictures instead.


For the ones who think i'm speaking Chinese:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumps_race
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Bumps
http://www.firstandthird.org/tables/rowing/bumpsintro.shtml

You don't have to read all of it. The 1st few sentences should be enough.

We go through the Corynth canal before Athens, where I stopped to go back to Cambridge.
Two interesting details:
-There is some paint on the sides at some points...
-People (foreigners and Greeks) have a coffee while watching the boats go through (how entertaining)

We go through the Corynth canal before Athens, where I stopped to go back to Cambridge.
A few interesting details:
-There is some paint on the side at some points...
-People (foreigners and Greeks) have a coffee while watching the boats go through (how entertaining hein?)

Shark?Dolphin

I also think I know what a ghost town looks like...

If someone asks me what is the Mercedes Benz of the sea, now I know the answer...

We finally make it to Greece. We decide to stop in Itea, described as a modern well equiped marina, on the European continent.
The marina was big, modern and empty; with no one to tell us where to moor. We are then greeted by an Englisman who tells us there's nothing: no water, no electricity, no gas... and that it's a ghost town!
This is how the boats manage to get fuel. It hasn't changed in 15 years.

With 50 hours of sailing between Italy and Greece, I figured out how to use a map and a compass.

About 100 nautic miles (1nm=1852 m) west of the Greek coast, we get an unexpected visitor for about 30 minutes!

Regio Calabria, not very surprisingly, looked very much like some parts of Lebanon.
People there were very nice and also very loud. As if the louder they talk to you the better you'll understand...

We then spend 50 hours sailing between Sardinia and Regio Calabria (the front tip of the Italian boot) facing Sicily.

You screw up your sleeping pattern and start wondering things.
sunset?
sunrise?


sunrise...i think!

We stop at the Isola Maddalena for 12 hours in a great little harbour.
Got the chance to buy cheeses that I forgot to take back with me to Cambridge...as usual

Spend the week end in southern France, based in Bandol where the boat is.
We leave on Monday 5th June towards Sardinia.

Another collage - from Rome this time

Just set it up.
Never thought the URL would still be available.
More to come in about a month or so when I have free time.