Now, on to more pleasant things.It was fantastic to have a real sailor onboard. This was Tom’s 2nd stay on Esodo and for me it’s great not to have to be an “all-day Captian”. Tom, having sailed his whole life knows his way around a boat and captained Esodo beautifully while I trimmed sails and cooked meals like a little cabin bitch.We had an exciting GO FOR IT moment when we decided – in situ- to sail 35-40 hours to Sardinia, however the trip was short-lived when we found ourselves moving 1.3kn, 3 hours after we started. I think a Bangkok prostitute walks faster than that at the end of a long working night. (I solo-ed the trip two days later)Despite the disappointment we had a blast and got a few great bouts of nice wind as we sailed around the Egadi Islands and explored Marettimo for the first time. At one point we flew the North Sail Code One without the main and got almost 6kn of boat speed on that one sail alone. Was a beautiful thing!Despite the lack of physically present women, it was a great boys trip. We were however meant to be three, but our dear Friend Peter Fudakowski (my sailing protégé) was stricken by a mangy leg infection from another boat trip and had to cancel last minute. I’m sure the washing up on that boat should be under investigation.Looking forward to next season when Tom Bin Ladle, Peter Leg-a-gout-ski and I make an epic crossing together – maybe North Africa….although at this rate, Southern Italy and Greece will be North Africa soon.Tom gets a 9.2 on the guest rating. High considering his crimes, but well earned in sailing merit.