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13/12/2022
Beluga - blog entry from emma
Atlantic crossing Hey there! My name is Emma (my friends call me Garfield). The reason I am blogging is because I have am betting 10 dollars with my dad I can beat him at the best blog entry. And that means I can get pretty close to getting a water polo goal with what I’ve been saving for. Anyhow, to start I am sailing with my dad and mom ( sigh, two and a half weeks stuck with them. Yeepee…) and my grandma and grandpa( well that’s good news!) and a skipper, because my parents aren’t quite experienced (Sorry). My boat is a 40 foot catamaran. It’s named Beluga. (I guess it isn’t quite of a sophisticated name, but at least it isn’t called Titanic, or sinker.) D-dayAnyhow, today was D-day, the day when I would start my adventurous trip on the Atlantic. Well I guess I would soon discover it.
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11/12/2022
Beluga - why we really stopped in Mindelo
When people join the ARC, it is to cross the Atlantic non-stop from Las Palmas in the Canaries, all the way to St Lucia. The Key Word is non-stop.Which is exactly I will not take it personally if you are wondering why on earth I am sending an update from Mindelo. Whether you are a keen geography enthusiast or merely an astute reader, I have few doubts that you will have noticed that Mindelo is neither in Las Palmas nor in St Lucia.
So why were we in Cape Verde, being rebels and defying the race protocols by making a stop in these -seemingly- welcoming islands? Good question. And because you are a faithful reader, you deserve nothing but the truth about our stop. So let’s get going shall we?The main reason is that we decided we had to get my Mother-in-law off the ship. She just was not.
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