Simon 'Blue' Robinson
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We had a day off after that race.
And I said, okay, but no tongues in the ears, please.
Yes, but I...
When you race big boats across oceans, you develop a level of self-confidence, and I was a confident guy.
So I turned up for breakfast the next morning, and the place was a mess.
It was a beautiful three-bedroomed villa right on the ocean, but there was sand everywhere, there was dust everywhere, there was...
Dishes in the sink.
And I said, Rudolph, where is everybody?
And he said, you know, who?
Well, where's the maid or the dresser or the driver?
He said, I have nobody.
Oh, okay.
That's a bit odd.
If he's famous, where's the entourage?
At least have a driver.
At least have somebody to come in and tidy.
But he said, I've just finished in Paris Opera, running Paris Opera.
and I'm working in America, and my contract says that I have an assistant.
Would you like to do it?
It was like that.