The Clipper Races to Brazil are always colourful and fun. The parties are quite the best, even if they only have 48 hours to organise them. The most memorable act was when one of the warrior dancers spun like a top on his head. WARNING: Do not try this at home or in the Office.
The picture on the left shows a young Alex Thomson (23!) collecting his first prize on behalf of the crew of Arial. The Clipper Fleet had raced from Madeira and this was the start of Alex pulling out an unstoppable lead and eventually winning the 96 Race. The figures on the right are some that have been presented to me either on the race or when running it. They prove to be a challenging cleaning task.
Another of the great memories from Salvador, apart from Dayse, was the girls that ran the crew information desk. Dominique, the visit coordinator, took his job of interviewing them very seriously and spun the process out over several weeks. The result was that they all spoke good English, where all very well educated, had super rich Daddies and were quite, quite beautiful. This time however I have gone for a picture of Alex ….. sorry.
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