Logs

Shelduck - Saturday 28th December Grenada

Saturday 28th December 11:59.857 N  61:45.569 W  Distancetravelled 146 miles.   Gabby and Brendan returned to the UK on the 22nd and Johnnie Hegartyarrived on the same plane to cruise with us until the 9th of January. At middayon the 23rd we departed Rodney Bay for a passage to St Georges Grenada forChristmas and arrived at Port Louis Marina at 13.00 on the 24th. Excellentfacilities, developed by Camper and Nicholsons, includes a private beach whereJohnnie and Neil had their first Christmas Day swim. Anne used always go waterskiing with her father on Christmas Day in Kerry. We had a lovely traditionalthree course Christmas dinner aboard, roast turkey with bread and cranberrysauces and stuffing beautifully prepared by Anne. We spent 3 days at St. Georges, visited the town. read more...

Meltemi - mit Feuer über die Ziellinie

Damit uns das Zielschiff auch richtig erkennen kann, haben wir für die notwendige Beleuchtung gesorgt.arc13-2950. read more...

Starblazer - 26 December: After the ARC is over...

The finish line officially closed last Friday, the final prize giving was on Saturday and the last boat arrived yesterday afternoon! First, here are a few reflections on our ARC experience this year. We motored 88 hours but we were in good company, all but 6 boats in the cruising fleet motored at some point. The sailing in the last few days was excellent. In group I, the slowest group, we came 8th out of 18 on corrected time, however if you look at the bigger picture I think we performed well above expectation. On corrected time we came 67 out of 162 boats in the cruising division, something we are very proud of.You may have seen on the news that St Lucia and St Vincent have both suffered badly from torrential rain. It certainly put a dampener on our proposed beach BBQ for Christmas day.. read more...

Annabella - Annabella's Final Result

It's Official! Annabella takes silver in class and 22nd overall. By "George"! What a result! And skipper Peter (now definitely Pug) gets senior line honours for being first skipper over 60 across the line without using the engine. He is very chuffed.The question of whether it was a race or a rally is exercising some minds in the community. Technically it was a rally, but for the crews on George and Annabella is was definitely an exciting race over the final week.Would we do it again? Well, maybe we won't be first in the queue, but never say never. Annabella is now in Marigot bay in St Lucia, will continue on to the Grenadines and will probably end up in Antigua over the next two weeks. She will be shipped back to Southampton in April/May and will spend summer 2014 in West Cork.Merry. read more...

Great Escape of Southampton - Great Escape takes 5th in Class and wins a prize!

Well done to our ARC crew. 5th in Class - Matt our skipper was surprised to be called up on stage to receive a prize at the final ARC party on Saturday night. Finally we beat Skyelark. Now we know why she has beaten us for the last 4 years Emily!!We would like to wish all Great Escapes clients and followers a fantastic Christmas and a prosperous new year. Don’t forget we have some spaces left for some of the Caribbean Regattas.RegardsPhil Munday . read more...

Azzurra - Day 23 – St.Lucia arrival-

On Monday 16.December at 10:35am we crossed the finishing line and heard the nice tone of the horn just telling us that we made it. It also was perfect to arrive at Daytime, rather than during the night. We carried with us some Voeuve Cliquot, Champaign for just this moment and of cause we consumed it.It is hard to describe all the feelings a man can have after 23 days on sea. Of cause there is happiness, one becomes very emotional, some tears are running and one is proud on the achieved; you feel exhausted but lucky. Most rememberal are the crew members. 23 days with four different characters, together on very limited space. Even your bed is a moving part on sea. Especially this time I felt it much more difficult to find sleep. There were these 3 days where one could not sleep at all.. read more...

Calypso - Mission Accomplished

Calypso and her crew finally crossed the finish line at St Lucia on Tuesday 17 December 2013 at 1553 local time, 23 days 6 hours, 53 minutes and 40 seconds after departing Las Palmas in the Canary Islands. The "corrected time" according to the organisers and after taking into account motoring and the yacht's handicap, was about 25 days. The yellow brick tracker showed that we had sailed 3037 nautical miles and our log showed 3038 miles. It appears that we were 14th in or class but, as we weren't racing, were not disappointed with the result - just pleased to have arrived safely!The journey from Guernsey was done in stages:1. Guernsey, Northern France, Bay of Biscay, cruising Galicia (Northern Spain) and down to Povoa de Varzim in Northern Portugal. 685 miles.2. Cruising down the. read more...

Manihi - Epilogue ... et classement !

Ca y est, nous avons bien atterri et commencé à récupérer. Je dis commencéparce qu’après trois semaines de cycles de sommeil un peu en vrac, le rythmenormal jour/nuit a un peu de mal à se mettre en place. A croire que nous nous yétions habitués !  Manihi a récupéré lui aussi. Le génois et la GV ont pansé leurs blessureschez le voilier de Rodney Bay. Le bimini s’est aussi refait une santé ; après 3semaines de caresses par la baume, il était très fatigué n’avait pas purésister. Les drisses de spi, génois et trinquette ont retrouvé leur place ...Il y a quelques jours, c’était encore un peu fouillis en tête de mât !L’intérieur et le pont sont flambant neuf et le teck du cockpit a retrouvé sacouleur chaude et accueillante.   L’heure du bilan est arrivée. En quelques chiffres. read more...

True Colours - Off Again

Position 14:48.91N 061:15.98W So Andrej left last Thursday, and Doug left this morning on a flight to Antigua.  We had a few good days in St Lucia, including hiring an APV to go round the island, visiting a nature trail and a live volcano, where we all indulge in mud baths.  At the end of the day we dropped Josh off at the airport before returning to the other end of the island. The crew is now James, Rosemary, Toby, Sarah and Nadine.  We had planned to anchor overnight, possibly in the bay at Portsmouth, Dominica, but decided it would be late when we arrived there, and ten we would be late arriving in Antigua;  so instead we plan to continue overnight, and should arrive in Antigua about 13.00 tomorrow. So fat the sea has been kind to our new crew,. read more...

Arkouda - Land Ho!

We finally arrived yesterday at about 11:00 local time--21 days at sea, 4 in Cape Verde.I guess we really not ready for it to end--as soon as we crossed the finish line we dropped our anchor and have not moved yet!As we were rounding Pigeon Island we had a call on the VHF from some friends from Lanzarote.Bob from Wahoo who had been waiting for us but had to get to the airport.I am sure our paths will cross again!A half a minute after crossing the finish line our friends from Twixter also called, and then guided us into the anchorage in their dingy.It was all a little overwhelming to see all the boats in the anchorage, smell the land, and hear the sounds of civilization!I think I needed a slow re acclimation, and this has been the perfect spot.We have to head in tomorrow and find a. read more...

Millport II - Millport II - Teds Diary

Day 24:Mum gave us Rice Crispies for breakfast today as a suprise.We are still going really fast which is great but the waves are quitebig so still no fishing.Karen made her special pasta again tonight -it was yummy.Day 25:Dad said that today should be our last full day at sea -hurray!This morning I thought I saw a spout from a whale.Mum and Ispent ages looking for it again but he must have swum away when wewere not looking.The waves are not so big today so I can fish.Ididn't catch anything, even though I used my special lure which hadworked everytime I used it before.We had Tom and Susie's rice fordinner tonight.It is so exciting to think that tomorrow we will bethere that I didn't really want to go to bed.Day 26:This morning we arrived!It was great, we went really fastover the finish. read more...

Aditi - Day 25: The Arrival

Perhaps we should attempt to explain events of the last few hours.Most importantly we picked up the Reggae radio stations about 45 miles out. We sighted land about 30 miles out as the sun started to close the horizon and our key concerns were firstly not to hit it and second not to get blown past it. We had been working all day to avoid arriving in darkness as we wanted to take in the sights but it just wasn't possible. As we reached the northern point of St Lucia, about a mile off, there were 3 yachts all closing the point. Although the stand on vessel Ocean Breeze cut under our bow about 200 yards ahead - can the competition for something like 220th place so intense?Coming round the top into the lee of the island where the wind went from 30kn to, you guessed it, 30kn, we passed the. read more...

Jade - Woohoo - Jade is in St Lucia!!

Woohoo. We did it! Good old Jade and crew are safely tucked up in Rodney Bay, St Lucia. We took 26 days in total and it feels like a very big achievement. We arrived in the middle of the night but were greeted by the ARC's Joel and Alvaro and Brandon and Boden from Rodney Bay marina. They guys stood with us for about an hour listening to us saying repeatedly 'I can't believe we are here.. I can't believe we are here.' The rum punches Brandon doled out tasted mighty fine. Noah and Ferne (our resident super stars) woke up mid celebrations and guess what they said? Yup 'I can't believe we're here'. They had a punch without the rum and we said they could have the pineapple that Brandon gave us (he gave us a fruit basket with another bottle of rum in it too!)The journey was good butit was. read more...

Shenanigan - We made it!!!

03:05:10 Local time (07:05:10 UK Time) 18th December 2013After 23 days, 18 hours, 5 minutes and 10 seconds we crossed the ARC finish line, beating into the wind as we tacked round Pigion Island with a big lean to port, arriving in Rodney Bay, St Lucia on a windy moonlit night.We had battled our final squall a couple of miles out with winds of 37 knots and high seas giving us good speed as we headed towards the island. As we neared St Lucia we heard on the radio the boats ahead of us arriving and it was good to hear ARC Rally Control informing the finish line of our position and that we were the next expected boat.It was a very welcome congratulations received from the finish line.We took our sails down and headed for the marina.As we entered the cut we were thrilled to hear cries of. read more...

Golden Spirit of Islay - Arrived St. Lucia

We finally arrived on Wednesday 18 December about  04:05hrs.  (08:05 GMT) crossing the finishing line at Rodney Bay, St. Lucia  after sailing for 23 days 4 hours compared with 18 days the last time in 2007. It turned out to be a very different type of crossing, with little or no wind, for the first two weeks.  We also sailed much further South, nearly all the way to The Cape Verde Islands, before turning West. We had some great trade wind sailing in the last 9-10 days.  And now it is Caribbean Party Time! . read more...

Jambo - We did it

Arrived last night to a fantastic reception - Julia Lyn andthe gang came out on a fishing boat to see us go over the line after 25 days and 12 hours36 mins . They were very noisyWow that was hardcore!Everyonein one piece but lighter and shattered Now where did I put my rum punch?Thank you for all your messages and encouraging comments. read more...

Aspen - Log 27 Friday 20 Dec; A Day of Dreams - Welcome Back

Maria and I had a dream of seeing the world.Her dream differed alittle from mine because my dream had a sailboat in it.Her dream mostlikely didn't include a sailboat since she really doesn't care for thewater that much!There are so many thoughts and words right now spinning around in ourheads.With our starting place, the Caribbean, appearing in thedistance just ahead of Aspen's bow nothing can come remotely close tosaying what utter joy and satisfaction we feel at this moment in our lives."It's what we've done that makes us what we are", as Jim Croce sang.Well, we've done it!!!!!!!!!Sail on, sail on Aspen - we made it around this big beautiful planet...Steve and Maria. read more...

Sweet Pearl - 27. Tag - Der Geruch von St. Lucia

Wir riechen schon förmlich den Geruch von St.Lucia. Zuerst müssten wir aber noch Barbados zu unserer Linken sehen...das kommt bald. Sonst läuft alles hier.Dann gab es bei uns an Bord noch eine Umfrage. Hier die Ergebnisse:a) Ich fühle mich gerade wie...Fritz: im Urlaub!Sandra: in der Hängematte!Tom: ein Faultier in der Sonne!b) Das Erste was ich in St.Lucia machen werde, ist...Fritz: Duschen!Sandra: Rhum Punch trinken!Tom: kaltes Banana-Milchshake trinken!c) Das Zweite was ich in St.Lucia machen werde, ist...Fritz: etwas Gutes essen gehen und ein schönes kühles Bier trinken!Sandra: Duschen!Tom: den ETA-Gewinner definieren!:-)Bitte beachtet dass das Wettbüro heute um 18:00 Lokalzeit schliesst. Der Gewinner wird in unserem Blog auf www.umdenglobus.com verkündet:-). Tom. read more...

Hot Stuff - Fairies of the lost ARC - The final chapter

Fairies of the lost ARC - The final chapter Time to reflect on what can only be described as an epic voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. The sense of achievement is overwhelming - we have come so far. Las Palmas to Rodney Bay is such a vast distance it is hard to put it into perspective - but all nine of us have also taken our own epic journeys physically, mentally and emotionally and are still standing to tell the tale. That in itself is enough. We couldn't have had a better ending to our epic story. Thank you to everyone who met us on the dock, to the boys of 'z pontoon' for driving out in their half sinking dinghy with a crate of beer in tow, and to the ARC organisers for making it such a smooth entry. What followed after that is a little hazy but let's just say we did it. read more...

Calypso - Master Chef

Just in case our previous blogs gave the impression that Dino was tied to the galley he can actually sail as well.Dino is the proud owner of "Dark Horse" a Contessa 26 which he campaigns with more than a bit of success in Guernsey waters.145 (600x800). read more...

Arkouda - Land So Close I Can Smell It!

Position 14 03N, 60 05WThe land is so close that I can smell it...well, not really...the wind is still coming from Africa so any imagined scents are just that, my imagination.We have about 51 miles to go, although the last few hours have been frustrating beyond belief!This afternoon the winds became much lighter, and the seas more manageable--so much so that we finally unzipped that sail bag and put up the main.It is hard to believe that we have not used it since before our last landfall in Cape Verde.We had another fantastic afternoon of sailing--a good breeze, blue skies, great music and company.The winds were even allowing us to "go to" our waypoint set on the chart plotter.When I went to bed there was a fantastic sunset.A few hours later I came up to check on Sean, and he was basking. read more...

Aspen - Log 26 Thursday 19 Dec; Heading for the Barn!

Ok, day 25 now and we are letting ourselves look ahead a wee bit.As Isaid yesterday, Aspen is sensing something very special not too farahead of us.The sea is rushing past Aspen's salt stained hull with even moreferociousness than ever before.The ocean spray sparkles like diamondsas it is flung high into the air when Aspen heels, quickly snaps backand rushes headlong toward the distant western horizon.Maria and I see nothing but the deep dark blue ocean with streaks ofwhite foam topping the endless waves.Yet hopefully soon, very soon, weshould see our beloved Caribbean once again.At least if the captain'scalculations are correct and that is not always the case he has been told :)Aspen has seen so many wonders and fought so many battles since we firstpurchased her from the Island Packet. read more...

Aditi - Day 23: It's a Miracle

The 'I'm not working beyond 200 miles offshore'headsail furling system decided to operate again at 230nm off St Lucia! Perhaps the catastrophic mechanical noise that I was hearing was an airlock at a 1,000 psi or whatever the pressure is. Still taking it carefully...Last night we switched to staysail as it got dark and awaited the arrival of the Beast like a small village shaking in fear in a horror movie. The Beast was 4 miles to port and also to starboard so waited to be engulfed having sacrificed good speed. 18.00 hrs, nothing. 21.00 clear skies, nothing. 0300 hrs and surely it's coming...0600? A clear night for the first time in days.Sailing conditions were excellent this am with 15-22kn E so we removed and packed away the staysail.Darkness descended and clouds built. The Beast is. read more...

Tatt av Vinden - 14:04.48N 60:57.01W Rodney Bay

Tied up. We are here!. read more...

Shenanigan - We made it!

03:05:10 Local time (07:05:10 UK Time) 18th December 2013After 23 days, 18 hours, 5 minutes and 10 seconds we crossed the ARC finish line, beating into the wind as we tacked round Pigeon Island with a big lean to port, arriving in Rodney Bay, St Lucia on a windy moonlit night.We had battled our final squall a couple of miles out with winds of 37 knots and high seas giving us good speed as we headed towards the island. As we neared St Lucia we heard on the radio the boats ahead of us arriving and it was good to hear ARC Rally Control informing the finish line of our position and that we were the next expected boat.It was a very welcome congratulations received from the finish line.We took our sails down and headed for the marina.As we entered the cut we were thrilled to hear. read more...

Blue Dolphin - Day 24 - Blue Dolphin arrives in St Lucia

After 23 days and 9hours the crew crossed the finishing line in Rodney Bay.  The 1st land they had seen since leaving Las Palmas on 24 November.  They were met by the crew of HEBE who came out on their tender.  Sephina were on the dockside cheering them home and the crew’s families were waiting for a long awaited hug.   It was a tough trip, much harder than any of them had anticipated but they had made it!!!  Time for a rum punch – in the pouring rain. Awards as follows:Best cook  - KathyAce provision manager (and treat dispenser)– SallyMr fix-it – MikeMember of crew most relied on – George It was an experience of a life time that none of them would have missed and will never forget.  As skipper of the boat, Carol says a big, big, thank. read more...

Duplicat - Wednesday 18 December

Land ho!1030 local time we saw the peaks of the north end of St Lucia.Much nicer winds 22 -25 knots on our approach so code zero up and a sprint finish to the top of the island.Thanks to all the friends and family who have emailed us - it's so good to hear from you when you haven't seen a boat for days.ETA to finish line 1500.. read more...

Windsurf - Windsurf Finished in the Carib

Saturday, 16th December, 2013.The Windsurf is still on the Ocean.  Big squals, heavy showers and lots of wind are coming over the Windsurf. It is called Passage Trade Winds, but I didn't know that those winds are soo heavy. More than 40 knots of winds. How can you survive on your boat. Everything makes a lot of noice, falls on the ground and gets dirty. For your own safety : Sit down...do not do too much... Only drink enough and eat simple things.In the night the squals were more heavy. There was a full moon, so the squals were easily recognized against the clear sky. Black clouds and suddenly a lot of wind and rain...Tuesday, 17th December, 2013.Finish in the Marina of St. Lucia. We are sooooo glad we feel a steady ground under our feet.. We finished !!!  A warm welcome from. read more...

Arkouda - 24 hours or so to go!

It is bittersweet that the end is in sight.This journey was so many years in the making--the dreaming, the planning, the scheming, and now our first major ocean crossing is nearing completion.We continue to move along forward, ever amazed at the changing sea and sky, and in awe of how strong boats are really made.We are looking forward to seeing land in the distance, and looking forward to seeing family and friends.We are a little concerned at only having three days to ready the boat for our departure, but we have a good list in hand, and have now done it so many times that it should go very quickly.It is bittersweet that our time together, without any distractions except keeping the boat moving forward, is nearing an end.The good news is that Sean never did decide to throw me. read more...

Windleblo - Day Twenty Two

They told us later that the wind was the most wicked Sunday night. Like a hurricane, they said. They worried about us all night long.Out on the Windleblo, we were oblivious. Yes, the seas were rough. Yes, the winds were strong. We surfed down big waves, the knot meter reading 25.7 at one point. (OK, this must have been an instrument glitch, but the 13.7 was certainly legit.) But this was the "new normal" and we thought nothing of it.I took the 8 to 10 a.m. watch, UTC. At just past 60 degrees west longitude, the sky was still very dark. They had told us in Las Palmas that the eastern shore of the Windward Islands can be difficult to see at night because the lights of all the towns are on the leeward western side of the islands.But then, out of the gloom, I thought I saw a light.At first,. read more...

Aspen - Log 25 Wednesday 18 Dec; Our Fleet Report

In the pre-dawn darkness it was a special time today.A time when the full moon had just set and the stars struggled to shine before the beautiful sun blazed away in the eastern sky.The sea had been awake long before and it was once again becoming extremely agitated with the coming of a new day.I was preparing my fleet report for the admiral.Translated that means I was sitting behind Aspen's wheel, figuring out what to tell Maria about our current conditions as I watched the wind indicator flash 28, 30, 27 knots (that is apparent speed because I never tell Maria the true speed which is much higher as you know.In this case that would have been 34, 36, 33 knots.Maria prefers the smaller numbers I rationalized and besides our speedo quit working long ago to give us true speed anyway).I was. read more...

Sweet Pearl - 25. Tag - Bergfest vom Bergfest

Heute gegen Mitternacht sollten wir die Marke der 500 verleibenden Seemeilen erreichen. Puhh, dann müssen wir wohl alle wieder feiern...puhh. Wir werden sehen...Alles läuft weiterhin gut; der Wind lässt ganz ganz langsam ein bisschen nach, uebrrascht dann aber mit Böhen, damit wir nicht einschlafen;-). Wobei, Sandra hat gestern Nachmittag einen neuen Highspeedrekord aufgestellt; in einer Welle ist sie mit uns mit sage und schreibe 14.1 Knoten (sagt sie) runtergesurft und glaubt sogar die Schallmauer durchbrochen zu haben. Fritz und ich haben nichts gehört und als wir mit dem Fotoapparat zur Stelle waren, waren wir wieder bei 7 Knoten...hmmm. Und wir wurden gestern von 2 Walen verfolgt; alle 2-3 Stunden haben wir sie in unserer Heckwelle dicht unter der Wasseroberfläche gesehen...sie. read more...

Aditi - Day 22: Squall Fever

Nurse(N): Doctor, Doctor, the patients are showing some signs of lifeDoctor (D): Ja? You zink?N: Ja, I mean yes, they are responding to a little music and are taking some fluidsD: Good, good, zo, they have suffered a trauma of post-ARC stress disorderN: They have been squalled out for over a week, no sleep and on staysail for over 3 days?D: Ja, it is the right dose for the level of squall fever zey have. Are zey delusional?N: They mumble something about 'got to get to Vegas'…D: And zis morning zey took a little genoa?N: For the first time. And there was some communication amongst them, a little nourishment was taken, they look squalid.N: Doctor, Doctor, a patient is asking for a winch handle at all times? He is blubbing furl, unfurl, furl, unfurl over and over?D: Zis is a serious defect. read more...

Shelduck - Tuesday 17th December 2013

Tuesday 17th December 14:04.477 N 60:56.980 W   Distancetravelled 154 miles.   Finished in Rodney Bay at 15.08.59 GMT,   11.08.59 local St,Lucia time.   Dropped the poles and rolled up the genoas 5 miles from the finish in 25knots of wind and were doing nearly 5 knots without sail. Set the No,4 on theinner forestay and speed increased to over 7 knots. Set the main when we gainedsome shelter from the land, with 2 reefs, 2 miles out. Francis Williams and Jane came out in Nyaminyami II to see us finish.   Thank you to my crew: Anne Kenny for keeping us all in order. Brendan McGarvey for superb deck work. Gabby McGarvey for help with the blog.   We sailed 3026 miles from Las Palmas to Rodney Bay in 23 days.   Goodbye from Shelduck to Newbury home. read more...

Starblazer - 17 December - We have arrived

I'm sure everyone following us on SPOT or Yellowbrick are asking "Why is she stating the obvious?". The answer is because I seem to have lost 36 hours!They were not exactly lost, just very busy.Our final day at sea was a little frustrating.The noon run wasthe best ever, 185.7 miles but the rest of the day was a lot slowere.The wind had backed a little and, for most of the night, we were sailing towards the northern end of Martinique.As soon as John got up we gybed the mainsail.Unfortunately this blanketed the genoa, which slowed us down.The seas were quite horrible, and the weather forecast worse.We didn't want to go onto the foredeck to swap the pole to the other side because it was so rolly.Eventually, though, we did roll the genoa away and put the pole away.Crawling along the side. read more...

Webster - Log 24: Welcome to St Lucia!!!

Monday 16th December: Position Elena's bar St Lucia.Having hand steered all night in all sorts of squalls st lucia was getting nearer by the minute, but a case of so near so far. Everyone was full of anticipation of our arrival but the sailing getting here in those last hours was quite difficult - mostly dead down wind and rolling all over the place. My ipad decided it could fly but hadn't leant to land properly, so there is a casualty I am afraid. About 1500 local time Carl won the Blue Peter Badge and spotted land ahoy. Her also was proud winner of Dick of the Day - he was looking at the plotter for our overnight course made good and decided that we had come far too far north. I disputed this having steered deep all through the night so knew he could not be right, but he was. read more...

Adina - Adina is in!

Adina without a bit of drama on the finish line - not possible!To start, Skipper decides we must try and fish one last time as we approached land. What happens - we get a fish bite! Watch three men determined this trip will finish with a catch. Pulling it in by hand - it got to the stern and lot's of shouting to secure it - no way was it getting away - Barracuda landed! Tick that box.Duck-winging we wanted to attack the finish line and with our limited manual furler we came up with a new move for gybing. Did it work - don't be sillyof course it didn't! Off we sailed past St.Lucia and once all was recovered we were faced with tacking our way back to the finish line in lumpy seas. Nailing the finish line was hard and we tacked to clear the finishing committee boat who radioed us saying. read more...

Blue Dolphin - Day 23 - almost there.

The crew is starting to look forward to arrival in St Lucia and the list of things they have missed (beds that don’t move; flush toilets; rooms that don’t rattle and howl with wind; being able to stand upright without holding on and for Sally and Kathy a big hug from their partners) now seem a real prospect again.   With the end in sight, the crew have also been reflecting on their experience of crossing the Atlantic.   Whilst on the trip, Sally has been wearing a badge showing the handprint of Danny Barber.  Danny died in June 2009, aged 24, and donated his organs to save and improve the lives of others.  Danny never got the opportunity to live the life he expected and his mum, Kathy, encourages people to take his handprint on their adventures in his memory. read more...

Abraxas - 16/12/13 - 100 milj do cilja

Abraxas je v ciljni ravnini – kar se kar malo cudno slisi, ob tem, da je docilja se 100 milj. Ampak vse kaze, da bo tako. Veter in tok nas vodita v direktni smeri o St.Lucie. Vceraj smo se malo prepustili jadranju po valovih, kar nas je odpeljalomalo severneje, mogoce smo izgubili kaksno mesto, a nekaj ur uzivanja povsemodtehta rezultat. Itak nismo na dirki, ampak na precenju Atlantika. Na jadrnici postaja zivo, vsak se po svoje pripravlja na prihod: ostali sepoglabljajo v turisticni vodnicek, jaz pa studiram pot do letalisca; predvidomabomo prisli v Castries v zgodnjih jutranjih urah, moje letalo pa odleti ob 20.25 z drugega konca otoka. Vse je obvladljivo, skoda le, da ne bo casa vsaj zamalo turizma. Sicer pa je teh 21 minilo kot blisk, in potrebno bo kar nekaj casa zaureditev vtisov.. read more...