Bamarandi - Tuesday 1st December - off to Antigua

Position14.44.135N 061.17.062WFor those following on the ARC+ website / YB Races app we have handed our ARC+ racking device back in at St Lucia so we will not show on their map any more. If you wish to see where we are have a look at http://blog.mailasail.com/bamarandi where our position plots on a map - providing you have google earth installed and our blog continues to run.We were up at 6am to quite heavy rainfall - good news as it washed the boat down for us and got rid of much of the salt water. The rain stopped and we  set off from Rodney Bay Marina at St Lucia for Antigua at about 7am. Yellow shirted ARC staff were up and about and they waved us off.  We got out into the bay and passed the ARC boat at station waiting for more arrivals - they too waved us farewell.We. read more...

Bamarandi - Monday 30th November - Land in sight - we arrive at St Lucia

Position 14.04.543N 060.57.002WDays Day Date Time Miles to St Lucia Miles in 24hrs towards St Lucia Cum Miles towards St Lucia Ave Miles per day towards St Lucia 1 Wednesday 18th 12:45 2090       2 Thursday 19th 13:00 1901 189 189 189 3 Friday 20th 13:00 1756 145 334 167 4 Saturday 21st 13:00 1605 151 485 162 5 Sunday 22nd 13:00 1423 182 667 167 6 Monday 23rd 13:00 1238 185 852 170 7 Tuesday 24th 13:00 1073 165 1017 170 8 Wednesday 25th 13:00 891 182 1199 171 9 Thursday 26th 13:00 722 169 1368 171 11 Friday 27th 13:00 531 191 1559 173 12 Saturday 28th 13:00 350 181 1740 158 13 Sunday 29th 13:00 156 194 1934 161 14 Monday 30th 10:11 0 156 ed2090 161Overnight on 29th through into 30th found us sailing along in the same big swell - it seemed to have grown bigger than the. read more...

Bamarandi - Sunday 29th November - Flying fish makes bid for Glens cabin

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Bamarandi - Saturday 28th November - Big swell and fast moving clouds

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Bamarandi - Friday 27th November - New crew member "M" flies in it join Bamarandi

Days Day Date Time Miles to St Lucia Miles in 24hrs towards St Lucia Cum Miles towards St Lucia Ave Miles per day towards St Lucia 1 Wednesday 18th 13:00 2090       2 Thursday 19th 13:00 1901 189 189 189 3 Friday 20th 13:00 1756 145 334 167 4 Saturday 21st 13:00 1605 151 485 162 5 Sunday 22nd 13:00 1423 182 667 167 6 Monday 23rd 13:00 1238 185 852 170 7 Tuesday 24th 13:00 1073 165 1017 170 8 Wednesday 25th 13:00 891 182 1199 171 9 Thursday 26th 13:00 722 169 1368 171 11 Friday 27th 13:00 531 191 1559 173An uneventful afternoon was followed by an uneventful night with a few drops of rain on the 10pm to 2am watch and some heavy black threatening clouds that sent people down for their waterproofs that eventually came to nothing on the 2 other watches through the night. We. read more...