"And then there was drink. Not just the free beer from the sponsor (of which we consumed around 250 cans per leg), but we averaged six bottles of wine per day. Spirits also went down well. After each day’s 6-hour watch those coming off the deck would be handed a rum tonic or a vodka or gin as they stepped down the companionway."
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That video won't play for me. Is it on youtube?
it is on the volvo ocean race site
that's pretty cool. It's almost a shame it has gotten so serious and competitive.
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a collection of shipwrecks and tragedies at sea including speculations on why and what the immediate and longterm effects were
This is great:
"And then there was drink. Not just the free beer from the sponsor (of which we consumed around 250 cans per leg), but we averaged six bottles of wine per day. Spirits also went down well. After each day’s 6-hour watch those coming off the deck would be handed a rum tonic or a vodka or gin as they stepped down the companionway."
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