Flip Cat - all at Sea (Living)

11:05 PM Fri 22 May 2009 GMT

'Flip Cat - all at SEA' Peter Dyer Click Here to view large photo

We don't really have a good story to go with this, but thought you'd like it anyway. And we know that Peter Dyer (owner), and Mike Downard (driver) both have a good sense of humour and are still on speaking terms.

'We were running south through the gap at the bottom end of Chalong Bay, just before the Evason,' recounted Downard. 'We were pootling along in precious little breeze when suddenly - wallop - we got clobbered from behind by a huge gust. It must have been a katabatic wind coming down from the direction of the Big Buddha. Both bows stuck in and we went stern over bowsprit.'

And how deep is the bay just there? 'Er, not quite deep enough.' Sea Living sustained an extra bit of 'prebend' to her mast, but was operational at the Top of the Gulf Regatta just a week later - until the rig came down on race day 3, but that's another story.

by Guy Nowell, Sail-World Asia

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