10th Sept, Malolo Lailai, Fiji

An early start this morning as Jonny was racing in the hobie cats. Team Silk Sheets had had to drop out of the quarter finals so Jonny and Ian (Ishka) were taking their place. Despite a well sailed race they lost.
We headed back to the boat for breakfast/ lunch and decided to enter in the best dressed dinghy competition this afternoon. We made a mast for the dinghy using the boat hook and headed ashore with flags and 'monkey' (our figurehead) to decorate the dinghy. With Jeffs (Nemesis) help we ended up with a great looking dinghy.
We paraded around the lagoon – unfortunately the dinghy didn't like idling for so long and cut out again. We came 2nd in the dinghy competition and Jonny (now an expert dinghy repairer) managed to quickly fix the dinghy.
This evening was prize giving but the prize giving meal was too expensive so we decided to bbq with Nemesis before heading to the prize giving for the free cocktail party. The prize giving was being held during the meal (after the cocktail party) so we needed to eat before the cocktail party.
For 2nd place in the best dressed dinghy competition we won 2 bottles of champagne. We put one on ice and drank it that night and have saved the other for when we arrive in Australia.
We had a great night at the prize giving including lots of dancing at the disco – Jonny was teaching 16 yr old Nick (Mikado) some of his dance moves!!

The regatta has been a great week and a great chance to catch up with friends and make new friends. There has been some controversy over the big yacht races – with boats using their engine during the start to motor head to wind up the line but on the whole it has been a well organized and fun week.