But by the time they've said: "The txalupa is mushrooms, king prawns, cream and cava, served hot in a puff pastry boat, topped with grated cheese", or "txapeldun is a prawn cocktail with pineapple in syrup, apple and roe" you'd have finished two of each, so it's best just to wade in.
Daisy could always, please forgive me, float my boat, top my prop; she could always crank up the generators at any moment and make me feel as if every last cell in my body were overjuiced and soon to be derelict if not immediately launched toward something warm and soft.
The boats, top-heavy from all our equipment, ran through the water like bathtubs.
It is a 105-foot sloop with racy lines, an aberration in the world of yachting, where racing boats typically top out at 70 feet or 80 feet.
Alvarenga realised their catch – nearly 500kg (1,100lb) of fresh fish – was making the boat top heavy and unstable.
The whole brain was placed in a hexagonal polystyrene weighing boat (top edge side length, 4.5 cm; bottom edge side length, 3 cm) and was covered with powdered dry ice.
Main courses included a witty take on eggs Benedict: luxuriously creamy day-boat sea scallops topped with sunny-side-up quail eggs and accompanied by a potato cake and sweet-savory chorizo.
If you really want to push the boat out topping wise, top with some slow-roasted cherry tomatoes too.
Another guide, Rob Parkins, heaped two yellow pontoon boats on top.
Sunday results count for double points, and when the teams arrive in Bermuda to race in their new boats, the top scorer from all the ACWS regattas will have two bonus points and the team in second place one.
