Serafina of Maldon - The Start. Plymouth to Falmouth and Dolphins!

One of two Serafina's in the ARC Portugal this is the blog of Serafina of Maldon, a Najad 460. She has taken part in this event in her early youth, back in 2008 (with her first owners). We've owned her since 2015 and we took her back to her roots to cruise the Baltic for the last two summers. We thought we should see a bit of the north before going south to warmer climes!Although we knew we were not going to get much further, it was good to move on from Plymouth and actually start the rally. The weather refused to be kind to us as it started raining at 0855, just as all the boats were gathering at the start line for the off at 0900.Of course the wind was coming from exactly the course we wanted to make. As we can't tack Serafina's genoa through the jib easily (she's cutter rig) we short. read more...