From: Florin Draghici
Sent: May 31, 2015
To: Valerie Williams; John Curry
Subject: Hydrovane views

Hello Valerie, hello John,

We sailed a little bit since the last time I wrote to you, and this time my e-mail doesn’t concern any vane issue (it was in La Coruña, in 2013…)

Our Hydrovane (Heidi, as the crew calls her, don’t ask why it’s a “she”, nobody knows, maybe because on Roz Avel only girls do real work while the captain uses his watercolour brushes) does a great job, I think our sail-trimming isn’t perfect, especially when downwind with important swell. We stopped for a while in Morocco, but navigations will start again next year, probably around the Atlantic Islands, Canary, Madera and Açores.

We made a video with Roz Avel guided by our Hydrovane, thought you might be interested in seeing it. We’ll try to make some better ones during our next trip, but while sailing you’re rarely behind the boat, with the camera…

Hope everything is fine with you, you’re doing a great job.

Yours,
Florin DRAGHICI

S/V ROZ AVEL
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