Daily Logs

Cross Ocean - 27/11 - SY Daphne sailing into the sunset

Log 3 - Enjoying a beautiful sunset while watching SY Daphne heading into it! So far we have had wonderful days with very light winds. So far we have seen turtles, dolphins and pilot whales, sweet!Best regardsMalin and Kaj image1. read more...

Nizuc - Blog 14 Nizuk

BLOG 14– What a WasteTuesday night: Martin made scones. It is too calm for drop-scones. Delicious, of course.The boat is stable, and things stay where you put them. If you want to play this one at home, go into your bathrooms...Sorry, someone just chucked a bucket of water through the cabin window....and slam the door; that’s more wind than we are getting. If you run a bath, sit in it, and reach for the hot tap, then that would make a bigger wave than we’ve seen all day.We saw a brown whale at lunchtime; we are guessing it was about 10 metres long, but that may increase with time.People have asked us about using a water-maker (to filter salt out of seawater), and carrying so much plastic. We made a decision, early on, not to use one, due to the possibility of failure, or contamination.. read more...

Skyelark of London - Happy Thanksgiving

Day 4 has found us motoring due to very lightwinds.  We have been visited by apod of dolphin with clear skies leading to some cloud cover, which isappreciated.  The crew members fromthe US have been working on our feast. So far, we have prepared an original form of pumpkin pie, using pumpkinsoup as the key ingredient.  Alsoready are squash with apples and cranberry sauce.  The turkey was spatchcocked.  Mashed potatoes, stuffing, and gravystill need to be prepared.  As Iwrite we are turning off the motor and going for a swim, before the final pushto prepare the feast.Skippers note - Andy and Kitty did the most amazing job of bringing the delights of theThanksgiving holiday to Skyelark - planning ahead of time,  packing  the  the. read more...

Another Brick - 11-28 Slow progress - good fishing

The bad news is that there hasn't been much wind out here, but the good news is that less speed means more fish. We caught our third Mahi-mahi today :-)Unfortunately with the third fish, our fishing rod broke for the second time already. It seems that it was intended for only catching one single fish :-(Well, we'll try mending it again tomorrow.. read more...

Sally - After four days at sea

Hi, since the start we have a constant searching for wind. We have been out four days now and are only around 430 M from Las Palmas and still have more than 200 M left before we are at the turning point into the trade winds. The forecast from PredictWind continues to predict light wind in the area. Each weather bulletin from ARC is so positive predicting at least 10 knots of wind and we got that for shorter periods and then the wind is down to 3-8 knots from ENE. The positive thing with this is that we got plenty of time fixing small things, got a gentle transfer from life in a harbor to life at sea.We have adopted to the life on board with watches, sleep, cooking good food and have a nice time while waiting for wind. We still see some boats around us and infortunately some of them turn. read more...

Salamander

Hello Salamander Nation,After three days the celestialnavigation team was able to find Polaris, despite the cloud cover, and took some sights. Polaris, commonly known as the North Star, is an importance reference point for celestial bodies as the stars appear to rotate around it. Ethan took a series of sun sights andcalculated our position withina few miles of our actual position. Kevin did a noon sight and calculated our latitude within a couple of miles of actual. Should the GPS fail we will be ready!Happy Thanksgiving!Jimmys Word of the DayModeration:Avoidance of excess or extremes.The Crew of the Salamander. read more...

Verbena - Day 5 - Turned the corner

Last night, before dinner, we jibed over to starboard and started our march west.  And by march I really mean a large scale meander.  Over the next few days, we’ll be banana curving our way towards our St. Lucia rhumb line; getting lifted as we go, then zig-zag our way to the finish.  That’s the plan as of now.Seas have been smooth and winds have been light.  Our Asym A3 has been our work-horse.  The combo has made smooth easy conditions.  We are making a Thanksgiving dinner today; one thing we we will be thankful for are relatively good offshore cooking conditions.  — Bill. read more...

Albatros - Albatros - DAY 4 - Stories of AlBÄRtros

Es war einmal eine BÄRENfamilie, die wollte den Atlantik überBÄREN. Sie entschieden sich für BÄR-Boat-Charter und landeten auf der AlBÄRtros, das BÄRENboot mit dem LegendBÄR (Manfred) als BÄRENskipper. Er hat schon alle sieben WeltBÄRE bereist und navigiert mit seinem BÄRENgespür. An einem schönen BÄRigen Tag kam der Papa-BÄR (Martin) an Deck und sah seine BÄRENfamilie gemütlich in der Sonne BÄRlaxen. Der Zick-Zack-BÄR (Ernst) hatte an diesem BÄRENtag GeBÄRtstag. Zur Feier des Tages entschied der Papa-BÄR mit seinen Pranken zwei Mahi-Mahi aus dem BÄÄR zu fischen. Bevor jedoch das BÄRENmahl zubereitet werden konnte, geschah ein unBÄRiges Unheil. Der Motor lud die BÄRtterie nicht mehr. Der Cargo-BÄR (Markus) und der Engine-BÄR (Franz) stiegen hinab in die Tiefen des Motorenraumes. Dort. read more...

Amadeus - How to fly a kite

Day 3.Our just saved, good old gennaker is so weak that we have to drop it in every few hours to repair the small holes appearing in the sailcloth again and agin. Fortunately my daughter brought us the very old spinnaker I had at home. It was the orginal spinnaker of Amadeus, arrived with boat. It is cc. 25 years old, and has never been used by us and rarely by the original owner.The only information I got from the orginal owner is that it is huge and needs big trained crew.The spinnaker boom was cut into two pieces once for some reason. I spliced the aluminium tube just before the ARC to have something on the boat to make jury rig if necessary. But Ibought brand new end fittings, just in case... Andfinally we have a spinneker and also have spinnaker boom on deck. Why not try them?After. read more...

Cuvee - Day 1 to 4

4 days out in The Atlantic now and the dream has become a reality. Routines are pretty much in place and now there is time to fill in so our blog will have to start late and I will end endeavor to keep it going. There are the daily weather updates and fleet movements overnight to catch up on each morning and then daily running chores. The engineer in me can’t be held back and each day I put the CSV fleet update email file into a spreadsheet to analyse the data. Currently the fleet is spread out over 170Nm north-south and over 200 miles east-west!The Canaries were a busy week of provisioning, sorting out the yacht (the chandleries must do a killing so many people buying little bits and pieces), and generally partying. It was very social with sundowner drinks (basically a happy 2 hour. read more...

Lubilu III - At sea: 0 to 96 hours

Feels like an age away since ‘le grand depart’ (and rushing about for last minute butter and fresh milk). It was impressive to see so many boats all in one place, popping up spinnakers and racing over the start line. Last minute phone calls made and photos uploaded, we were on our way!Watch patterns were setup from the start, 3x 4hour shifts during the day, 4x 3hour shifts at night moving through crew alphabetically. With 7 shifts to cover it also rotates the pattern naturally!Plenty of downwind spinnaker use so far and batteries being topped up by solar. Although it has been a bit cloudier than expected so far and as composing this email,our first bit of rain at sea!Night sailing is currently inky black (with no moonlight) with plenty of stars to gaze upon, looking forward to the rising. read more...

Oarsome Dream - Log 28th Nov - Drones, no Dolphins (for me)

Hello from Oarsome Dream!Since the last blog we’ve had pretty light winds hence the general slow down but we have finally been able to gybe west this afternoon so hopefully our VMG should start to pick up again!Yesterday just before lunch was so light that we pulled our sails down becuase we were fed up of them slapping around. We used the stop to tip buckets of salt water over ourselves on the transom and have a fresh rinse - it was super hot and felt amazing to have clean hair again. Last nights dinner was bangers and squash mash with oven gravy a la Stu - yummmmmFrustrating night in light winds heading mainly towards Africa in the company of a Swiss Grand Soleil 46 ‘BlueOne’ and our Solent friends, Challenger 2. Stu saw the dolphins overnight, not me thought, its true, I am dolphin. read more...

Amadeus - Amadeus mast walk

No wind, time to blog.Have you seen Alex Thomson's mast walk?Seemed fun, why not try something similar :-)On thesecond day, just after we finally agreed on the tactics, in absolutely ideal sailing conditions I wrapped the gennaker around the forstay. When I tried to engage the autopilot we run into a lull and due to a momentary lack of concetration, it just happened.Have you ever had such a situation? If the wind fills the sail on the wrong side, it is not easy to resolve. There was no chance to arrangefromdeck.I climbed up the mast. The wind started to increase immediatey and the little swell swung the tip of the mast meters from one site to the other. It was not possible to wrap it back to the right side so after a good hour of wrestling I decided to cut it down. I was lucky enough to. read more...

Celtic Star - Blog 4 Thursday 28 Nov

    "you shall have a fishy on a little dishy you shall have a fishy when the boat comes in" As if to give lie to yesterday's blog, no sooner had itbeen posted-up when the boat come in. We caught a lovely yellow dorado;which we fried in butter with sauted potatoes, leeks, courgette and frenchbeans. A wonderful fish supper.No fishing today, we have had sufficient fishfor the momemnt. But tomorrow, perhaps, the boat will come in oncemore.Early this morning we entered the Tropic of Cancer and, predictably, weexperienced a squall a few hours later. The Trade Winds are not yet with us,we are currently all-but becalmed, but they are forecast to set in within a fewdays.Ian Jenkinson, Celtic Star   . read more...

Challenger 1 - Crew Blog Challenger 1 27/11/19

27/11/19This morning we gyped because we change the course to go to west. Skipper made us good pancakes for breakfast for all the crew. Nearly caught a fish because it broke our line and between some dolphins we see a sunfish. We have been moving our average sped from 5 to 4 knots.Around 13:00 Gary gave us a little briefing about the next days’ schedule and after eating couscous with vegetables we go to rest in bunks.On next watch around 22:00 we hit 7 knots and we were very happy, only 2.468nm more to get in St. Lucia.Blog by Michele and Tyrus (Red Watch), questions answered by Ariana & EnriqueWhat are your expectation about the food for Christmas­ on boat?Fortunately we are going to have Christmas dinner in Spain, so we are not worried about that.How are you doing with living in so. read more...

Challenger 1 - TS Crew Blog 27/11/19 Challenger 1

Day UnsureWe are well underway and all finally understanding the watch system and what is required. I will start with my thoughts on the first few days. Race day had arrived and although being on land was entertaining I felt it was finally time to get sailing and see how this team of St Lucians, Gran Canarians, Swiss and British would pull together and work as one. The team has been great, and as always the universal language of music and my dulcet tones certainly get a few remarks in all languages, but the karaoke must go on.My words on Day (3-4?), we ended watch at 7am on a beautiful sunrise, knowing that when we would awake a lovely lunch would be waiting, this would be the energy needed to propel us through the shift as light breezes have set in. Of course with the lovely day. read more...

Jua Kali - The Jua Kali Report - Day 4

Day four brought more of the same for the Jua Kali crew, reaching a bit north of west with our bright orange A5 up until a squall in the night forced us to take it down and continue under main and jib.Putting some north in at this point seemed odd but has hopefully enabled us to avoid the worst of several large wind holes further south, although at the time of writing we don't have too much wind ourselves! Still, we are moving which is more than some boats further south will be we think.A crisis was narrowly avoided when it was discovered that our entire supply of toilet paper had been slowly dripped on by a small leak in a pipe fitting, luckily it was caught before the rolls were completely destroyed and they were promptly hung out to dry in the sun (pictured). God only knows how this. read more...

Amari - Day 7 Sailor Standards

We had more amazing weather today, with light caressing winds of 10-15 kts over the stern quarter and sunny skies to warm your skin.And to think, a mere 1,211 miles to go of this wonderfulness.So today, we decided it was get-a-shower day on the SV Amari. After all it had been … what day is it today … wait we are in November right … yeah so it’s been a while. And I feel you getting all judgy with some land-lubber snark about, “Well yeah I guess it HAS been a few days then[snort]”.But let’s face it, we’re on a boat in the middle of an ocean. Standards change out here for hygiene and clothing. If you were in a standard town in Anywheresville, Generica and you showed up to work or the mall or your yoga class in the clothes you had on yesterday, people would be like, dude THAT shirt again?. read more...

Next Step - Wednesday 27th November 2019

Overnight the wind has been very light and variable with a brief rain shower in the early morning. We had breakfast and as always seems to be the case, started planning for the next evening meal…! The Hydrovane aka Dobby was set to work steering the boat in the light wind. Thankfully, the morning rig check did not reveal any rig parts lying on the deck. A number of yachts appear to have seen whales and dolphins, but we have seen none so far only a few distant sea birds. Most of the yachts that have been on the horizon for the last few days have disappeared. Lunchtime and David made us some ham and avocado wraps which were very tasty. Because of the lack of wind for the wind generator and not enough sun for the solar panels we have resorted to running the engine to top up the batteries.. read more...

Champagne Hippy - Day 5 - Flat calm

The weather is being very unseasonal with no sign still of the trade winds. The sun is shining and we are motoring along in 2-5kts of wind. We are hunting for the trades which typically blow a steady 20-25kts day and night to take us all the way to the Caribbean.The grib weather files show there is the beginning of some wind to the south west which is why I am happy being more towards the southern side of the fleet. Looking at the position reports it looks as though most people in the cruising division are motoring at around 7-8 knots. The race is on to find the wind as none of us can motor all the way there.Hopefully by tomorrow night (Friday) we should start to feel the beginning of the trades which should then slowly increase and establish themselves.Life on Champagne Hippy is good.. read more...

Hatha Maris - blog 2 28112019

Hatha Maris day 2 - 27/11/19"Just move it, move it"...!Is our new anthem.So far we've travelled approximately 290 nm - only 2579 to go! (Are we there yet? - asks Tara)We've currently gybed and are now heading west Sailing into the spectacular sunsets and the warmth of the Caribbean.So far this downwind Sailing has been smooth and lovely, figuratively and literally "a breeze".With only one minor "casino" (Italian and Swiss for mess) with our furler drum. Hatha Maris called all hands on deck in the middle of the night to temporarily lower the jib to enable us to re-secure the tack shackle (jib attachment), untangle the line (for taking in and out the jib), check for chafing (the line in and outside of the system) and re-run the entire furling system. (We believe have little devil mice with. read more...

Hatha Maris - blog 1 27112019

Hatha Maris 1 27112019Yesterday we finally got our new sails from sail design in Viarregio out from the Spanish customs and onto the boat. Yehaa. One day behind the fleet we will catch up soon! After the rigging of the mainsail we had lunch on the pontoon and our last proper showers for a while. At sunset after some last group photos and hugging the crew from our sister boat blue moon - good bye, we set sails to cross the Atlantic.Tara the boat tiger cooked us a very delicious curry for dinner. The first night watch started in pitch black night and some of us had trouble with not feeling well. in the morning they got woken up and had scrambled eggs for breakfast after the 24 pack fell over into the sink.Before noon blue moon sent an all ship vhf message that they assist a small power. read more...

The Kid - try

Nous passons un très beau moment de mer. . read more...

Zaurak - Zaurak's bimbling blog

Zaurak's bimbling blogThis morning we caught a barracuda. After much rejoicing, we read in our 'Sea Fishing' tips and techniques book that "it is best not to eat barracuda. Some are OK but others are toxic, so it's best to avoid them as there are plenty of other options for food". This last line -- suggesting bounty a-plenty -- was somewhat of a twist of the knife as this was the first and only fish we had caught in four days. With a heavy sigh we threw back our one and only small toxic bit of bounty.Nonetheless, we are not despondent. The lines went out again, and now, join us live (as I write) as Claire pulls in our small tuna and Mahi-Mahi line, a 50 metre nylon beauty adorned with fish-enticing pink and clear muppets.Claire begins to wind in. The tension mounts. Claire: "The line is. read more...

Escapado - Daily log

Daily logDay 4 and no one has been thrown over board yet. There was some pre departure threatening ftom the first mate towards the skipper but they still smile at each other. So does the rest of the crew. We are a mixed bunch of 8 people ftom 7 countries aged between 20 and 52. Today we have been steadily sailing on. Earlier today the wind picked up and put an evil racing smile on our skippers face. We loved it! The two Italians sang us through last nights nightshift. And the Italian finally managed to scare Petey the pigeon away. There was loads of Italian swearing involved and if we believe translations it went along the lines of his mom being a chicken. Highlight of the day was our Russian crew member vs. the fish. The fish won.Sandra. read more...

Escapado - Daily Log 27/11/2019

Escapado Log Entry From Crew Member Georgie A day of sail trimming and sail changes, low winds, nature spotting, and good eating. Cloud prevailed with a gloomy sunrise butane luminous pink sunsetToday's highlight was a pod of 20 or so dolphins that came to play- cue a lively debate on dolphin VS porpoise (unresolved) Also joining us was Petey the pigeon who wished to be remembered by "presents" he left on the deck - hastily cleaned away by a less than impressed skipper Changing sails also kept us occupied as we skirted around pockets of dipping and changing wind. We switched from our asymmetric spinnaker to code zero and back to asym before a planned gybe as the evening closed out. Our crew are getting increasingly proficient with fewer tangled lines and puzzled faces looking back at the. read more...

Meltemi - Tag 3 Bordbuch der SY Meltemi - man glaubt es kaum...

Ja,ja, natürlich wollten wir uns längst gemeldet haben. Aber dazu braucht man Zeit. -Nee, nee, wir chillen hier nicht, sondern sind den ganzen Tag rundum beschäftigt. -Aber von vorn. Am Sonntag um 10.48 Uhr haben wir abgelegt. Ein großer Moment. Langsam schiebt sich unsere Meltemi aus der Box. Einige Freunde von Beate sind gekommen, fotografieren und winken. An und auf der Hafenmauer Massen von Menschen. Begleitet von heißen Rhythmen passieren wir die Hafeneinfahrt, und mischen uns unter die anderen teilnehmenden Yachten, die sich bereits vor der Startlinie tummeln. Wir setzen die Segel, vermessen die Position des Startschiffs (spanisches Militärschiff) und einer Tonne - dazwischen befindet sich die Startlinie für unsere Gruppe.Die Positionen übertragen wir in den Plotter. Suchen einen. read more...

Mathilda - A day in the life of Autopilot Lilo

A day in the life of Autopilot LiloI was working all night and since I had nothing else to do I just watched my owners having nightshift, which was quite amusing. Richard was eating loads of cookies (as always in nightshifts); Seraina had problems with staying awake and Walter was just having a lookout, looking at the stars and the moon and eating some bread. At about two o’clock in the morning I was thinking how they would react if I suddenly turned 180 degrees and went back the way we came, but then I thought that maybe something would break, because of the sails and the wind and they would probably exchange me because they think that I am broken and I would not like that, because I love my job. So I decided to just continue the course that they wanted me to go. After the crew had some. read more...

Umiko - Blog 2 day 4 Thursday the 27th November Dolphins and Flying Fish (Brian Blog)

Dear UMIKO Fans,I hope this blog finds you well. Some of you will know that this ship attracted many flying fish strikes last year. Including causing a broach, a couple of crotch and head shots... Well the first ones have been sighted so we are back in the Danger Zone!!We also had something happen that I have not seen before... We were going along nicely with the spinnaker foot just out of the water. A dolphin playing on the wake jumped out of the water and landed on the foot. Luckily dolphin and kite both survived said encounter. Initial issues with our mast locking system have been figured out and the system is working great now. The lock means that (in theory) we don't have and chafe issues as you get with a traditional halyard set up. Despite the new system we have still been going. read more...

Skyelark of London - Its a bit quiet

Day four saw light winds from dawn onwards. Several sail configurations were employedto capture what breeze came our way. From Goose winging the jib, to broad reachand spinnaker. Several gybes have been made in good order in both daylight andnight conditions. Which is testament to crew  learning quickly on all aspects of boathandling. We have been in the company of yacht Sandvita since the start line andcontinue to be so at the time of writing. Other Arc yachts have passed our waywithout causing any alarm. Night time temperatures remain doggedly chilly whilstday time figures are on the climb. Today saw the first salt water showers takenby  the crew, most reporting theexperience to be bracing!Sadly, the success of the first fishing expedition withPretty in Pink lure could. read more...

Xerric - On the way to the Caribbean

Fine weather, finally at sea again. Impressive to see this massive fleet streaming out of the harbour. Everything there, from massive parasailors, passat sails to just normal settings. Great. Now the tactics under us come to play: more south, more north, straight west? Perhaps the forecast of the low winds in the west is definitely wrong? On the other hand again: Rock'n Roll, not as hard as after Las Palmas, but quite uncomfortable. We decided for the Westward Ho with boomed GE and a better wave pattern. Went not too bad. Slowly friends disappear, after three days we found nobody on Sight or AIS anymore. In the meantime some fixing (we are on a sailboat), for example as we wanted to start the engine for some charging, there was an unknown noise: Alternator belt loose. Ok, done :-)Day two. read more...

Xerric - Peaceful Atlantic Ocean

How is the ocean like at the moment (23/24.11)? Remarkable blue. The light blue of the sky gives a smooth contrast to the deep blue of the sea, now quite nice and rolling comfortably. There is some peace in it which slowly takes also all the crew members. Everybody and everything is relaxed and in peaceful slow motion. There is nobody seen on the AIS nor on the Horizon. It is just the ocean and us. And finally the blue gennacker goes up pushing us to the Caribbean.(AR). read more...

Xerric - Marina Mindelo

Two nice days of laziness with lots of strolling around in this beautiful town. The people are very charming and helpful. Fine welcome party from the ARC with beautiful dancers and, almost not believable, the secretary of state of Cabo Verde to welcome us. The next days were full of activities: clearing the boat, relaxing in the floating bar, laundry, provisioning update and lots of talking with friends from other boats. And of course a trip round Sao Vicente organised by the ARC, which was very impressive. Well and the problems always occur at last minute. The day before the departure to the Caribbean a diver found the anode of our propeller apart (just half a year old), a new one could not be found. When doing the final engine check we detected that the impeller housing was leaking. A. read more...

Xerric - From Las Palmas Gran Canaria to Mindelo Cabo Verde

At halftime after days with strong waves that felt like they came from all directions rocking the boat quite nicely: The crew were nevertheless happy and proved their fine teamwork by the first catch of the trip: Mahi-Mahi at its best. A large wave threatened to wash the crew and fish off stern but the catch was already safe. So in the evening nice Sashimi followed by a strong and powerful fish soup cheered and strengthened the "Xerricos" for the night in a fabulous way. The next day gave us two more Mahi-Mahi which immediately were turned into fried Fish with potatoes and fresh fish-salad. This helped well for the remaining miles to Mindelo, which were better than the first half but remained bumpy. Finally we had a great arrival in Mindelo Marina.(AR). read more...

Fish Pie - 10am Monday 25th November

We had a lovely send off from La Palmas and enjoyed the festive spirit. Our strategy at the start was to hang back and then power up over the start line - this seemed to work for us and we were soon underway making a good 7 knots. Half an hour in we launched the FAWTH sail or FCB - potential trouble! We had a lovely run topping 11.5 knots, which really boosted our morale.There was over 30 knots of wind in the acceleration zone, needless to say the FCB was put to bed!!We had a quiet night with the wind dropping off at about 4am. All going well just breakfasted on scrambled egg on toast. crew not very receptive to my suggestion of listening to a book together, so it looks like I'm on my own on that one!Judith. read more...

Fish Pie - Weds 27th

Adrian has now showered!!!!! I'm not sure we can recommend lathering up in a short rain shower - you run out of water for rinsing off! Photos available on request.No fish have been caught yet - probably just as well, as dragging in the weighted lines at 7 knots took two people! Still untangling the lines was some great occupational therapy for MartinHad a technical last night - Horace the Hydrovane was working loose on his mountings - fortunately skipper noticed just before nightfall. Dinner was delayed whilst emergency repairs took place.Horace is really working his passage and he doesn't talk back, although he is not too keen on the cruising chute (FCB)- he's not the only one!Just one crew member left to have a wash, but he only washes on Fridays - so we've got to hold our noses for. read more...

Hawkeye - Day 4 Hunting for wind

We are hunting down the wind that we are told by ARC Rally Control should be here - but isn't.Richard needs to accept that no matter how many forecasts he downloads, and which sophisticated weather routing programme he uses, such activities will not actually make the wind actually blow any harder.Wind is down to just 10 knots, so we are ghosting along at 3 to 4 knots, in a calm sea.It's hot! Well, 24 deg C - so perhaps today the sun might even kick our solar panels into gear.It seems to get warmer by around 1 degree a day, so beach wear is becoming the order of the day.All is good on Hawkeye!. read more...

Hawkeye - Off across the Atlantic

Two Cornish men, their wives and one daughter are casting off from Las Palmas in Gran Canaria as the ARC 2019 Atlantic Rally starts.Packed to the gunnels with Pasties, Saffron Buns and Tribute Ale we have 2800 miles to follow in the track of many fine mariners.Sharing this experiencewith our fellow 200+ other boats of all shapes and sizes we wish them all fair winds, calm seas and many amazing memories.Next stop some cold beers, the odd rum punch and a chance to regain some 'land legs' in Rodney Bay Marina, St Lucia in the Caribbean.image001 image002. read more...