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04/12/2022

Second Wave - Second Wave fixing the code zero 620 lagoon peter powell

The best sail , the code zero, was damaged and needed repairs.  She held out the whole way. Now off the the sail repairs.The spinnaker was also damaged beyond our repairs.  We lost that the first 24 hours... big shame... 20221123_133107. read more...


Second Wave - Second Wave fixing the code zero 620 lagoon peter powell
Second Wave - Second Wave fixing the code zero 620 lagoon peter powell
04/12/2022

Bluewater Mooney - BLUEWATER MOONEY 04.12.2020

Das Wetter für den 08.12.2022 - und davor sieht es nicht viel besser aus!Und wie wir jetzt wissen - auch die Taktik nach Süden auszuweichen, hätte keinen erfolg gezeigt!Wir können zur Zeit immer noch segeln. Allerdings nicht den direkten Kurs nach SL, sondern etwas höher, um den Optimalen Anstellwinkel für den Spi zu haltenWilhelmimage1. read more...


Bluewater Mooney - BLUEWATER MOONEY 04.12.2020
Bluewater Mooney - BLUEWATER MOONEY 04.12.2020
04/12/2022

Second Wave - Second Wave 620 lagoon Food

Second Wave's food has been rather yummy. The fresh stores lasted very well. The recommended place did deliver the best quality.Captain Annie cleghorn 20221201_143502. read more...


Second Wave - Second Wave 620 lagoon Food
Second Wave - Second Wave 620 lagoon Food
04/12/2022

Second Wave - Second Wave 630 lagoon parade

They read the Arc instructions and believe u should dress the part! Have as much fun as possible.  Throw your inhibitions to the wind. Meet people and be part of the team. Annie is Australian but dressed as the boat nationality image. read more...


Second Wave - Second Wave 630 lagoon parade
Second Wave - Second Wave 630 lagoon parade
Salamander - Popsicle Tim - Salamander Tour Manager and Guest Social Media Editor
Salamander - Popsicle Tim - Salamander Tour Manager and Guest Social Media Editor
04/12/2022

Salamander - Tim - Why am I doing ARC 2022?

The last few years haven't exactly been the best. Amongst all the good stuff I have lost my father and mother, neither as a result of COVID but complicated by it.Exactly the same time my mother passed we chose to move house. Moving from a house where all the children had grown up but had now fled the nest.My mother had pancreatic cancer, so we knew she had limited time. This allowed me the luxury of being able to talk to her at length about her life and the things she was taking with her. It became abundantly clear that "stuff" was totally unimportant and that experiences were everything. After she passed I vowed to create as many "peak experiences" as I could.A peak experience can be described as something that you set about doing on purpose and might be as simple as having tea with an. read more...


04/12/2022

Salamander - Sargasso Seaweed

One of the key features of the ocean for the last few days is the presence of large swathes of Sargasso Seaweed. Floating in great masses, wind strewn across the Atlantic.I wasn't expecting to see anything like this and it's quite a strange sight! The seas at the moment are relatively calm, without the huge swell I was expecting to see & feel.The seaweed is in sufficiently large masses to potentially cause a problem if it was to get caught around part of the boat! I don't fancy dragging a great field of Sargasso for the rest of the trip!Tim - Salamander Tour Manager and Guest Social Media Editorthesalamandersailingadventure.com. read more...


04/12/2022

Salamander - Mizzen Sail

A new addition to our sail plan is the hoisting of our Mizzen Sail. So far on this trip it has remained neatly furled inside the mizzen mast. Now our point of sailing has allowed us to deploy it.With three sails now powering us along we seem to be able to keep the momentum going. This is so important on a boat weighing over 30 tonnes.Wind speed has been a bit variable and is quite light for what Salamander would prefer but by picking our route and continuing to monitor our position relative to expected winds we hope to give ourselves the best opportunity as the situation develops.It must be quite a sight to see us fully sailed but there aren't any other boats anything like close enough to see us!!Tim - Salamander Tour Manager and Guest Social Media Editorthesalamandersailingadventure.com. read more...


Bluewater Mooney - BLUEWATER MOONEY 03.12.2022
Bluewater Mooney - BLUEWATER MOONEY 03.12.2022
Bluewater Mooney - BLUEWATER MOONEY 03.12.2022
Bluewater Mooney - BLUEWATER MOONEY 03.12.2022
04/12/2022

Bluewater Mooney - BLUEWATER MOONEY 03.12.2022

CATCH ME IF YOU CANDenkt sich der Wind mit uns!Aber zunächst das Wichtigste:Wir hatten einen phantastischen Tag! Konstante Winde aus ONO (Ost Nord Ost, also mehr Ost als Nord) mit 10kn bis 14 kn und machen gute fahrt, im Durchschnitt 6,5 kn.Gestern Nacht , oder besser gestern Morgen gegen 04:30 UTC waren wir plötzlich von Squalls umgeben. Überall taten sich welche auf, verschwanden aber auch.Ich habe zur Beruhigung von Nicole, aber auch zur Existenzsicherung unseres Spieine Reaktionsentfernung von 1.5 sm festgelegt. Sollte ein Squall die Entfernung von 1,5 sm unterschreiten, wird der Spi geborgen. Und dann mußten wir es gegen 04:30 Uhr auch machen. Und es blieb bis zum späten Vormittag entsprechend labil. Das Foto zeigt die Situation von 089:55 UTC.Der Spi mußte dann auch unten bleiben. read more...


Bluewater Mooney - BLUEWATER MOONEY 03.12.2022
Bluewater Mooney - BLUEWATER MOONEY 03.12.2022
04/12/2022

Amandla Kulu - SUBJECT: D13_ Zero to Hero

Captain’s Log. Star Date 03 December. Day 13. Forteenth day on the water.2341 GMT.2241 Local.12º 59 N047º 12 W///macho.studios.quantitativelyhttps://w3w.co/macho.studios.quantitatively A good day. Relatively quiet night.  We have been operating at a sub-optimal level. Things been Okay, just not quite with a sense of urgency and whole attention to detail.  Things clicked today. Really coming together.  The objective was to be sailing under Code Zero the nanosecond the sun appeared above the horizon. To achieve this, we set to prepping the process about an hour in advance. Mostly in darkness.  Tom and Peter were sorting the foredeck. Jenny and Louisa running lines aft. The whole process, including clean-up took under and hour. Local sunrise. read more...


03/12/2022

Sabine - Sabine (118) ARC blog update - 3 Dec 2022

Hello interweb friends, Captain Stape on sail boat Sabine right here (///detains.density.downstairs)The morning breaks and everything is calm. A little too calm. The wind must have decided to go and blow somewhere else for the day, because it’s definitely not here! The crew tell me this is, in fact, a relief. After being bished and bashed for what seems like a week, the crew are thankful that it’s a calmer, smoother ride, even if the average speed has slowed. I myself am happy at not having to continually shift my weight from leg to leg in order to balance on my perch. As pancakes and maple syrup are handed round (it seems everyone eats well on this trip), there’s talk of today’s tasks: first off, tape up the vent on the starboard forward hatch. It’s been leaking and dripping into the. read more...


03/12/2022

Endeavour III - Endeavour III - Day 14

We have now completed two weeks at sea and this is reflected in our increasingly haggard appearances. Dave offering to lend me and Imara T-shirts this morning was a stark reminder that we have been wearing the same outfits for the last few days. Point taken and we promptly showered and changed outfits.The wind has dropped off today and is forecast to remain elusive for the next few days. Reluctantly, we turned the engine on as we bobbed along with the sails flapping. However after some calculations we realised we will not have enough fuel to motor the remaining 580 miles to St Lucia, although I did offer our remaining supplies of olive oil to help bolster this. The excitement of the day came at dusk, whilst dinner was being prepared (beef curry, dal and flatbreads) suddenly a sound came. read more...


03/12/2022

Sunbeat VI - Day 14 - calm seas ahead

Oh well - where do we start?A beautiful night’s sailing under the stars.Spinnaker up, bright moon and a lovely breeze.Truly a lovely sail.But sadly all good things come to an end.After lunch the wind completely died and the forecast for the coming days does not look tooooo exciting.Large patches of low and indeed NO wind.Patience required….,All sharp objects have been put out of immediate reach!On the positive, the team will meet tomorrow for a resumption of the olympics and aim to achieve more than 9 steps a day.. read more...


03/12/2022

Navasana - Day 14 On the Iron Genny, looking for wind

The wind died last night, with strengths below forecast and for the first time since we left las Palmas we are motoring hoping to catch some new wind from the south and then later some new from the north, hopefully dodging some headwinds. It’s going to be tricky to find wind to get to St Lucia. We are taking it forecast by forecast with the weather routing models changing dramatically everyday. Today was sunny with flat seas. Dan made a delicious Spanish tortilla which got us all into food comas, making for a very lazy day :-) We put our fishing lines out but all we caught was seaweed :-( Oh and we did see we some whales in the distance. Hoping to catch some wind tomorrow so we can start sailing again!More on sailingnavasana.com. read more...


03/12/2022

Avventura - Log Day 14: La notte

About half of the navigation takes place in the dark. Therefore, today's picture of the day is a picture of the night.At the beginning, two weeks ago, there was no moon. The night was pitch black with a truly indefinite number of stars, and countless shooting stars.By now, the moon has grown bigger. Fewer stars are visible, but the moonlight is amazing. And it helps controling the gennaker (On the other hand: In a moonless night, referring to stars is great for navigation).The picture was taken after the end of a nightshift at about 3:15UTC.Position at 22:40 UTC (15:14.57N 45:27.40W). read more...


Avventura - Log Day 14: La notte
Avventura - Log Day 14: La notte
03/12/2022

Jo - Tag 13 - Bergfest + Seefahrer-Tradition

Heute Morgen war es soweit. Wir standen schon Minuten lang vor dem Plotter (unsere digitale Seekarte), haben das kleine Dreieick beobachtet, das unsere Schiffsposition markiert und vor allen Dingen die kleine Zahl, die oben drüber steht. Unsere Restdistanz. Noch 1.501 Meilen. Tick Tack, Tick Tack... 1008 Uhr. Die Zahl springt um. Nur noch 1.500 Meilen. Bergfeeeest, jipiiieh! Die ganze im Cockpit versammelte Crew jubelt. 13 Tage und 12 Nächte haben wir bereits gemeinsam unterwegs auf See verbracht. Das Ziel rückt mit jedem Tag und jeder zurück gelegten Meile näher. Wer jetzt behauptet, dass eine Atlantiküberquerung von Gran Canaria in die Karibik aber nur 2.800 Meilen sind und wir daher erst bei 1.400 Meilen Bergfest hätten, dem geben wir zumindest was die (grobe) Gesamtdistanz angeht. read more...


Jo - Tag 13 - Bergfest + Seefahrer-Tradition
Jo - Tag 13 - Bergfest + Seefahrer-Tradition
03/12/2022

Lomvi - Day 16 - Bucket over board drill

Dear zen pen friend,Since Denmark, Lomvi has been equipped with two buckets. About one week ago Niko trew one bucket in the ocean, only to later realise that there was no rope tied to it. Only one bucket left.Today, the crew was taking a bucket bath, now with no rope tied to the bucket, as it does not have a handle. In a bliss moment Kasper looses the bucket to the ocean. The crew were now quicker to react, turned the boat around. Jumped ship to save the bucket. Boat comes around again to pick up the bucket life guard. Great execution, and an exiting bath. We are back to genaker after a day of well being here on the big Atlantic. We are also back on the map, which mean we are getting closer to shore. Hjalmar was, in retrospective, very quiet for a while today. Turns out he had smeared. read more...


03/12/2022

Mairmade - Day#14 - The [fuel] "Situation"

After motoring all night at a very low RPM (1200 vs. our normal 1500 - 1600), we got a reading on our fuel consumption along with updated weather forecasts... It's a mixed bag!For the forecasts: The good news is that the main models all seem to be aligning (saying about the same thing) for the balance of our passage, the bad news: they all say no wind! 🤣🤣We're no longer heading to 14N, 48W to find wind because we don't think there'll be any by the time we get there. Instead we're taking a direct line to St. Lucia on a heading of 275°M 👍For the fuel consumption, we did much better than we expected at 1200RPM, and extrapolating our consumption rate, boat speed, and remaining fuel, we think we can motor all the way to St. Lucia with about 5% to spare (details below).This is great news. read more...


Mairmade - Day#14 - The [fuel] "Situation"
Mairmade - Day#14 - The [fuel]
03/12/2022

Skye Blue - Skye Blue tanker om livet

Hej med jer  Livet ombord på Skye Blue på vej over Atlanten. imorgensøndag har vi sejlet i 14 dage. har oplevet alt det jeg har drømt om. Fanget fisk, sejlet i døgndrift, set på månen ogstjernerne.  Ikke mindst været sammen med 7 andre mennesker ombord, 5skotter og 2 danskere. Det er måske her den største oplevelsekommer, at være tilstede, lytte, omgås hinanden med empati,respekt og forståelse for forskelligheder. Vi er på en rejse, der har været undervejs i flere år,dette en måske grunden til at at vi omgås hinanden ydmygt og med åbentsind. I en hverdag hvor jeg jeg oplever travlhed som til tiderkan betyde, at man ikke er så meget til stede eller at man ikke altidformår at finde plads til andres tilgang til livet, arbejdet, menneskerneomkring sig....Livet ombord her. read more...


03/12/2022

Betelgeuse - Friday 02/12/22 DAY 12

Jonnie nudged into Friday’s territory in the blog yesterday so the fair weather and nice steady winds with Big Blue soaring was the order of events. Delicious food continues with Richard pulling a chilli con carne out the bag and a wonderful salad for lunch. Somehow we’re still going strong with avocados, of all things, refusing to ripen. Oranges and apples are dwindling but still keeping us in tasty breakfasts for a good few more days. A thermos has been put to excellent use extending our yoghurt supplies with Charlotte in charge of yoghurt brewing. Thank you Emma for including this, delicious! Dried fruit and nuts are endless and we have a plentiful supply of tinned food and cabbages galore! Biscuits also, many many biscuits left. Chocolate is, however, running short… Dolphins on. read more...


03/12/2022

Disa - Christmas is coming...

Christmas is coming… and so is SV Disa.Grenada is in our sights and we can almost hear those steel bands beating out a Caribbean rhythm.We’re getting into the festive spirit on board, singing along to Christmas tunes.We have a small string of Christmas lights in the cockpit and we have been enjoying some festive fare at mealtimes.We celebrated a late American Thanksgiving with New England Clam Chowder and Andy’s amazing pumpkin pie.One thing is for sure - we have eaten well on this crossing!Thanksgiving and Christmas make us think about our families back home.We have a lot to be thankful for.We miss our loved ones immensely and wish they were all sailing on this boat with us, sharing the experience.For Darrol and I, sailing across the Atlantic was a dream that seemed almost. read more...


Betelgeuse - Friday 02/12/22 DAY 12
Betelgeuse - Friday 02/12/22 DAY 12
03/12/2022

Lothlorien - Tag 14 auf See - Wir sind in der großen Flaute

Jetzt ist sie da, die Flautenzone. Wir haben im Augenblick noch 6 bis 8 Knoten Wind und können damit um die 3 Knoten Fahrt machen - leider jedoch nicht direkt in Richtung St. Lucia. Da wir noch mehr als 800 Meilen fahren müssen und der Diesel für bestenfalls 500 Meilen reicht, müssen wir uns durchkämpfen. Wir wechseln uns weiterhin im Stundenrhythmus am Ruder ab und genießen dabei die Sonne.An Deck ist es angenehm, im Schiff haben wir jedoch etwas über 30 Grad - wir sind in den Tropen. ;-). read more...


03/12/2022

Xenial - Day 25 - Grenada!

Sometime in the night between Thursday and Friday, depending on whether we were still on Xenial Standard Time or on local Grenada time, Janne cried “Land!”. Actually, he cried “Lights! And not boat lights!” - he has by far the best eyesight on board (his glasses are rumored to be custom made in Italy), so it’s no wonder he is part of the Spotting Committee. We sat on deck watching the lights get closer and closer and looking at the mile count get smaller and smaller. In between Christmas songs (you can blame me for that), we listened on the radio as boats and friends who had not seen each other in days or weeks greeted each other with joy, if you want to call spotting each other on AIS “seeing each other”. I thought it was wonderful to hear all these happy voices, the Swedes think. read more...


03/12/2022

Skyelark 2 - D13 Unlucky for some

D13 Unlucky for someD13 Saturday 3rd December...but not for the crew on Skyelark 2 – the crew were spoilt by a delightful gesture from our 2 skippers... they stood the crew down on Friday night and covered the night watch between them letting us all catch up on some much needed sleep. We had refreshed and very happy faces at our full english breakfast... the race is on...We made good distance overnight under 15-22kts of wind with our skippers (Dan + Christian-R) on the helm – of course, we would have been faster if our highly tuned racing crew had been on duty?We know we are heading for the dead-zone but we are determined to search out every ounce of wind that we can to minimise our hours under motor and race penalties.For our crew: results matter... and we will be pushing all the way to. read more...


03/12/2022

Mairmade - Day#13

Day#13Squall activity subsided, but we still had a couple overnight that we had to manoeuvre around. One got Russ and me wet (we were on watch 3am-6am), but nothing like the night before. We have also had no squalls during daylight hours today.We had to turn the engine on for lack of wind early this morning, but it was back off after 2hours and we were sailing again in 8-10 knots on the beam. Just the kind of day Chloe loves, so she sprang into action and did a fantastic job of keeping the boat moving forward at a 6 knot average despite the winds running between 6 and 8 knots; very light. Finally, after about 50nm, the wind dropped to <4 knots, and even Chloe couldn't help out, so the engine is back on now.The light wind sail presented a fishing opportunity that Harry cashed in on.. read more...


Mairmade - Day#13
Mairmade - Day#13
Mairmade - Day#13
Mairmade - Day#13
03/12/2022

Jadamama - Jadamama blog Day 13

It’s feeling very hot and sticky these last few days on Jadamama with fans on in the cabins at night to try and get cool enough to sleep. We are also seeing larger amounts of Sargasso weed floating by, it looks a bit like bladder wrack but is more clumped and sparked a conversation about whether it was edible. Not that we need morefood as Maryrose keeps finding yet more “lastbits of vegetables” so I suspect that we will do the entire crossing on fresh food, more or less. Every morning I clear the deck of the flying fish and indeed have been hit by a few when at the helm which certainly wakes you up. We have so much food left that we prefer not to fish any longer as we won’t be able to use it and that would be especially sad if it was a significant catch.We are managing to stay in the. read more...


03/12/2022

Joanna - Blog update Joanna - an unexpected catch

We've had a fishing leadership board going with a few other boats throughout the trip. Each day we send in updates on what we've caught and also get to see what others are catching. Today was our final contribution.It's been a pleasure contributing but we've decided it's time for Joanna to retire.It's not that our passion for fishing has dwindled or that there's no more fish left in the sea but because we’re reached what we think is the peak in our fishing career. Also, we don't think we'll be able to finish off todays catch before we arrive in St. Lucia and we've run out of fridge space.After a few days off fishing we thought today was the day to put out the lines again. The lull in the wind made for good fishing conditions and feeling optimistic we went for the biggest hook and a. read more...


03/12/2022

Joanna - Blog update Joanna - Its begining to look a lot like Christmas

It's December which means it's now officially okay to play Christmas music and put up decorations. Anyone who suggests doing this before is criminal and should have to walk the plank. December also means the start of advent and the period of waiting until Christmas. Day one of our advent gave us a special treat…not a chocolate but an almighty squall at 8am - the first for Joanna. Within seconds the wind increased from a relaxing 15 knots to an outrageous 40 knots. The heavens opened and it felt like there was more rain coming from the sky than in the sea surrounding us - how bizarre. The crew swung into action and dropped the spinnaker seamlessly. It must have been all the practice we’ve had having to slow down to reel fish in. The plus side of the squall was the unavoidable shower for. read more...


03/12/2022

Circe - My Whale of a Tale

My Whale of a TaleWhile filling out one of the many forms for the ARC, I was asked why I made the decision to do the ARC Atlantic. High on the list of reasons was my desire to see the wildlife. More specifically, I wanted to see a whale in its natural habitat.It’s not that I haven’t seen a whale in nature before. I have: once when we were southbound on the inside passage of an Alaskan cruise, I saw a mother and its calf near Victoria Island. And then a second time, off the shores of Sri Lanka with about a thousand other people on tourist boats of various sizes, all chasing down the latest sighting. So yes, I wanted the excitement of seeing a whale again, only this time in a more intimate and less intrusive way.Yesterday afternoon, after being on deck for quite a while sharing a plate of. read more...


Circe - My Whale of a Tale
Circe - My Whale of a Tale
Second Wave - Squall at night, boy can it rain!
Second Wave - Squall at night, boy can it rain!
Second Wave - Boys in the Galley - keeping it tidy!
Second Wave - Boys in the Galley - keeping it tidy!
Second Wave - White Party! 1/2 way!! Happy Crew
Second Wave - White Party! 1/2 way!! Happy Crew
03/12/2022

Circe - ARC Blog submitted by Barry Creighton

Here’s an ARC 2022 blog post from S/V CIRCE:DON’T GO UP THE RIGGING IN YOUR NEW LEATHER SHOESBarry CreightonS/V CIRCEEveryone needs a few good books on a long passage and I started with Eric Newby’s THE LAST GRAIN RACE — spurred by an interest in commercial sailing ships gained during the 2019 ARC Baltic. Eric recounts his experience as a young English lad-of-means signing onboard the four-masted barque “Moshulu” in Belfast. As he made his way pier-side dressed in newly purchasedfinery and carrying a Louis Viton case, he was greeted by a gruff and well seasoned second mate. As the mates gathered new crew aboard one of the last commercially viable sailing ventures - transporting grain from Australia to Europe via Cape Horn - they were quick to emphasize practicality versus excess. Within. read more...


Second Wave - The ones that didn’t get away!
Second Wave - The ones that didn’t get away!
Second Wave - The ones that didn’t get away!
Second Wave - The ones that didn’t get away!
Second Wave - Eating on board
Second Wave - Eating on board