Songbird of London - Yacht Songbird

Songbird ARC 2020 Blog   Introductions - November 2020 Let’s introduce our crew of 10 for the ARC 2020 Las Palmas to Rodney Bay, St Lucia; Captain - Andy Kinnaird, First Mate - Myril, Cook & Chief of the Mother Watch – Sarah (that’s me), and our enthusiastic crew; Adam (Astro) Warby, Dr Dave (The Baker) Forbes, Lou Dean (Music Queen), Martin (Mend-it) Suter, Paul (Banksy) Fellows & Rohan (The Roast) Putter.    With the introduction of a second, nation-wide, Covid-19 lockdown in the UK (including a ban on non-essential travel), everyone was eager to get to Gran Canaria as soon as possible in order to get started. The crew were put to task readying the yacht for an ocean crossing of over 2600 nautical miles – which could take somewhere between 2 to 3 weeks. . read more...