13:26.0N 065:10.0W
I was just in the process of writing what an enjoyable sail this has been when a squall crept up on us in the dark about twenty minutes ago and snapped my spinnaker pole in two. I'm not a happy bunny now. Still, I gather from today's radio net that a good few boats couldn't start on time in Rodney Bay because of problems with kit so it could be worse.
We are currently about 180 miles NW of Caracas, Venezuela. Still aiming for a quick Aruba stopover about 280 miles further on.
This missive should be showing up both on the www.graptolite.eu fronted http://blog.mailasail.com/graptolite Mailasail weblog and on the www.worldcruising.com/worldarc World ARC weblog. The words all say the same thing but my photos are mostly kept on the www.graptolite.eu site and the position tracking is based on wherever I am when I write. The World ARC site will be good for official noon position reporting, general race news and news from other boats.
Martyn