THE DIARY OF THAMI AND ARCHIE - TUESDAY 16TH JUNE

Wok Dinner

At 09:30 the boys were taken down to ‘Astilleros de Mallorca Shipyard’ for an introductory meeting with Rob van Wierengen, production manager at the shipyard, and Jenny Maul, the shipyard’s marketing manager. ‘Astilleros de Mallorca’ had kindly sponsored Thami’s flight from South Africa, and were also keen to show the young sailors how a shipyard works on a day-to-day basis, by offering the boys two days of work-experience in the yard after the sailing regatta.

The boys had been invited by yacht manager Captain Jonathan Kline to sail aboard the Perini Navi 38 metre yacht “P2” for the Palma Superyacht Cup regatta event.

The intended sail practice with “P2” in the afternoon was cancelled due to a strange weather front that came in, but the boys were put to work doing some rope-work, packing sails and general cleaning. They were also given a safety briefing and shown around the yacht and the engine room.

Anthony and Captain Mike Hasted took the boys to the “WOK” restaurant in Poligono Son Castillo for dinner. ‘WOK’ is a real eye opener! …with huge amounts of excellent food of all varieties laid out for one to just help one-self to as much as one can eat.