Blue Wonder - day 1 - Champagne Sailing

What a cracking start to leg 2 of the ARC+. With 5 minutes to go until the start, we still were unsure about whether to crack out the parasailor in the middle of the fleet, or set out main and jib. Audrey chickened out, and said she couldn't handle the stress of double handed setting of the parasailor with so many boats about. So we set the main, on second reef as that was the way it was set when we last brought it down. Unfurled the jib just as the start was announced.

Once the fleet spread out and we were at the end of the pack, we dropped the white sails and raised the parasailor. Only to find it had somehow twisted. So down it came, and we tried again. With great success the second time around. Sending our boat flying off at 10 knots of boat speed to catch up with the majority of the fleet.

As the day closes, the wind has eased and the speed reduced. But it is still champagne sailing conditions. We are hoping this continues on all the day to Grenada and we wish the rest of the fleet a great success passage.