Mariquita Book - mk2.5

DIARY ENTRY
Wednesday was to be our baptismal day, and what better way to welcome crew to Mariquita than to take her around the Isle of Wight with a seaway off the back? Just when we thought we had gotten away from an English
season without the soaking one would get in Falmouth, it came for us and didn’t disappoint. Soaking aside, it proved to be one of the best races ever on Mariquita as we clocked a time six minutes faster than our epic run at
the end of June! With a downwind start to the east we were smack on the line with the pole down and bore away powerfully at the gun. The kite set was tough but clean, and you could feel the boat lurch forward as the clew
popped out and the spinnaker started to draw. Everyone remembers the first time they see Mariquita’s kite open, no matter how long ago it may be. To watch the faces of those seeing it for the first time is a reminder of the awe
it still inspires. We carried the kite all the way to the turn south, and let the reaching staysail take over from there as we rocketed past Bembridge. M.O
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