Since we were planning to cross multiple oceans we wanted to make sure we were well prepared for any eventuality. We used the WCC safety equipment guidelines since we were doing the ARC. They have a very useful checklist to make sure you haven’t forgotten anything. I used the checklist for my pacific crossing in…
We got quoted in Practical Boat Owner! Love the story about Jessy getting locked in the bathroom, that didn’t quite happen like that since she was on the outside when the door was locked but it is a good story 😉 Full article on practical boat owner here https://secure.pbo.co.uk/news/choppy-start-for-arc-22-yachts-as-they-set-sail-across-atlantic-73499
Excited to be profiled in this month’s Yachting World Magazine. Best reason to get a copy now 🙂
So excited to get into St Lucia and cross the ARC finish line around 8pm on Dec 10!
Only 150 miles to go, hoping to get into St Lucia tomorrow or Sunday morning depending on how fast we can sail with the dying breeze. Today our Code 65 saved the day allowing us to make 4 knots in just 6 knots of breeze. Was fully expecting to be sailing into st Lucia with…
We started sailing early this morning after motoring to a position that would allow us to get to St Lucia on one tack while getting lifted as the wind veers around. Still, we are close hauled at around 40AWA getting beaten up by wind waves and swell. Winds are around 17 knots making for some…
Much as we love beating to windward on a catamaran, we decided to switch on the iron genny to get ahead of a warm front forming at 55W which we will hopefully cross tonight. Also hoping we can get a better angle to st Lucia as the wind veers around a tropical storm up north….
We have headwinds for the last 450 miles to St Lucia and beating close hauled on a catamaran is like Chinese water torture. Hopefully we won’t arrive insane. Right now we are sailing at 40AWA and keeping up with a 15m monohull next to us. On another note, another bird joined our crew but she…
We picked up a new crew member today. She flew down and would not leave. We spent many hours shooing her away and then she perched on our iridium satellite antenna and she knew she had us. Right now that is our most valuable piece of equipment and if she picks at the wires we…
We found 5-6 knots of wind on the beam which was enough for our North Code 65 to give us 4-5 knots of boat speed! She is a thing of beauty as you can see from the photo below of us sailing today. Beautiful light air sailing in picture perfect conditions. Dan has been moping…