Mariquita Book - mk2

DIARY ENTRY
We’ve taken part in many a regatta since Mariquita was re-launched in 2004. From sun-baked Argentario, on the Tuscan coast, to the hog roasts and haggis toasts up in the Clyde. The family-style welcome that the yachts
receive in each of these ports always rivals the last. But there’s rarely been such a sense of community, even family, that one sees at the Yarmouth Old Gaffers.
The first clue to this might be the pennants. Each gaffer, large and small, was flying a score of them off their flag halyards, with a spectrum of colours that had to be seen to be believed. Each one represented a gathering
gone by. Some boats flying every single one ever given out. M.O.
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