Most cruising sailors don’t get close to another boat except
at the dock – and as we learned in Poros this can be quite close – as in bash
you around if you aren’t there fending off. We decided to go to Aigina – Stan
says that it is home to the world’s best pistachio nuts and he needed a few
kilos of them.
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| The Skipper |
We tried to anchor in a small bay but it was just too
crowded. We then powered behind Tomskii and since Tara is faster I closed the
distance between the boats to about 25 centimeters. You could see the eyes of
the crew of Tomskii get a little wide while I kept closing up closer and
closer.
We then decided to stop and have a swim. The wind was
blowing maybe 5 knots and so I pulled out part of the jib and sailed ‘racing’
close to Tomskii, cutting within a foot or two of their transom as we crossed
or heading up past their bow a foot or two away.
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| Nose to tail.... |
My guess is that racing boats of 50 feet don’t get as close
as we do in Martin 242’s, but it is fun every once in a while to give it a try.
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