Our last post caused a bit of controversy - we’ve had a lot of people coming up to us and saying things along the lines of “Dudes, you guys are INSANE” and “how did you not got arrested doing that?”.
We chuckled at most of the responses, but some of you were genuinely concerned that we were literally losing our marbles on this trip, hence the reason for this post.
Well, the answer to how we got away with not being arrested will become obvious in a few moments. (more…)
Well not quite, but we hit 100 fans on our Facebook page today 
I think that means we have officially had too much time on our hands keeping this blog updated while in the mountains.
But today, alas, some good news…
WE ARE OUT OF HERE!
The Slug is fixed, the rabid dog has been uncaged, and we are finally back on the road to Palma.
Only slight problem is that we have 50mph winds to deal with, and a boat on the roof acting as a spinnaker. Then there’s the ice from yesterday’s snow, so still some tests to pass before our feet touch Majorcan soil.
The word on the grapevine is that the 2nd edition of Frank Bethwaite’s epic High Performance Sailing book is about to go to press.
This is both good and bad news - good news in that the sailing world will gain a further insight into the theories of one of the sport’s most respected authorities. The bad news is that once again we shall have to cope with feeling about as confused as Paris Hilton at a Particle Physics Summit.
That’s what High Performance Sailing does to me - when reading it, I feel like what I am reading is profound and groundbreaking, yet I’m never quite able to grasp exactly what he’s actually saying - even after reading single paragraphs for about the gazillionth time. I think he’s just an a higher plane of intelligence than me.
High Performance Sailing is now 12 years old, but it is based on 25 years of Bethwaite’s research. I just pray and hope that the 2nd edition is an Idiot’s Guide to the first edition, but I have a nagging suspicion that there’s been a lot of progressin the last 12 years…
Either way, this is the Harry Potter “Deathly Hallows” equivalent for the sailing world. It’ll be sleeping bag and thermos flask waiting in line outside my local chandlery for this one
What do you expect Bethwaite to cover in his new book? Which of his concepts did you find most fascinating yet most inaccessible? We’d love to hear from you, you can post your comment at the end of this post.
