Voyageur - The story so far....

To summarize this is the beginning of the end. The end of a very long voyage for us aboard our beloved Amel ketch, Voyageur. We launched from Yatlift boatyard in Turkey in May 2009 where we bought her, having previously sailed around the world on Stella, a smaller version of the Amel. Our destination was Gran Canaria, in the Canaries for the start of ARC 2009 which took us across the Atlantic to make landfall in Rodney Bay, St. Lucia where we spent Christmas. From there we struck out in early January 2010 on our second circumnavigation this time with World Arc. Oh what amazing adventures, exhilarating sailing experiences we had over the course of the next fifteen months, covering 25,000nm across three oceans, arriving back once more in Rodney Bay in early April 2011.  Now having spent a season cruising north through the Caribbean island chain to reach the BVI’s we are about to set out upon the final chapter of our ocean cruising. In other words we are going home, going home to Scotland from where we first cast off our lines back in early May 2004, and headed out into the big blue yonder, full of hope, anticipation, trepidation and excitement. On the 5^th May, weather permitting, we will once more cast off those lines and head out into the open sea. Let’s hope we can take you along with us over the course of the next two months so you can experience from the comfort of your armchairs back home and perhaps offer some insight into life aboard our ocean going yacht as she sets out on the 4500nm journey back east across the North Atlantic.  

Susan Mackay