"Talulah Ruby II" is a cruising yacht based in Lanzarote, Canary Islands so our journey is only just beginning. We have 5 adult crew (Paul, Andy, Ronn, Jason and Michelle) and 2 children on board Freddie (13yrs) and Monique (10yrs).
We left Puerto Calero at 5pm on the 14th November and had quite a crowd of friends and family to wave us off on our way, as we have all lived on the island for 20 years. There were a few tears as for Paul and Andy this is the beginning of a very long round the world trip - Again! The rest of the crew are participating in just the Arc rally and we are very excited to be involved in such a fun event.
The sail across was calm and we managed to sail half the way and had to motor for the rest of our trip, due to lack of wind.
After signing in at the Arc office we had our boat rig and safety check's and we are very nearly ship shape! We then joined in for the evening children's BBQ where we all met other Arc crew members.