Hi Roger! Thanks for that - but you might need more than one boat this year! I was on it for the 06 event, and the elevated upper deck made a great photo platform. There were a lot of people aboard for the start - and there were only about 11 competitors. Hopefully, the Jester Azores will see a lot more entrants, so a lot more wellwishers!
The boat was being run by it's owner, who had built it with his family from scratch.(Had an interesting chat with him in the wheelhouse.) As such, he was very amenable to 'Jester Chasing' so if anyone wanted to photograph a competitor, or just shout some encouragement, he was more than happy to get within range. There was also a licenced bar aboard, which was just as well as we were out there for about three hours or so.
The event was made even more memorable by the Junk Rig Association holding a rally in the same area to wish the competitors well.
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