ARC+: Day 29 – Grenada!
ARC+: Day 28 – Goop!
ARC+: Day 27 – Spouts!
ARC+: Day 26 – Radar
ARC+: Day 25 – Ghost Boat?
ARC+: Day 24 – Squalls
ARC+: Day 23 – Shower Day!
ARC+: Day 22 – Six days to go!
ARC+: Day 20 – What is it about 0300?
ARC+: Day 21 – Electrical Failure
ARC+: Day 19 – Thanksgiving
ARC+: Day 18 – Cleaning Fluid?
ARC+: Day 17 – Flooding over the sole!
ARC+: Day 16 – Big Waves
ARC+: Day 15 – 2000 Nautical Miles to go
4 flying fish hitchhikers on deck this morning. Seas were still rolly and wave height was building. We had more consistent wind so put it to good use and put out more sail. Easy freeze dried meals .
ARC+: Day 14 – Mindelo Start
ARC+: Day 13 – Prepping for Leg 2
ARC+: Day 12 – Sand Clouds!
ARC+: Day 11 – Cachupa
ARC+: Day 10 – No Internet
ARC+: Day 9 – Santo Antão
ARC+: Day 8 – São Vincente
ARC+: Day 7 – English Breakfast
ARC+: Day 6 – Bioluminescence!
Last night we had an interesting event. Bioluminescence! It was magical. Very late in the night the hull disturbed hundreds of tiny marine creatures that each gave off a bright blue light. When saili.
ARC+: Day 5 – Cape Verde final approach
The wind has changed direction and we will need to do a couple of gybes to get on final approach to Cape Verde. The wind has also lightened up and I think we are falling back in the fleet. You would .
ARC+: Day 4 – Damage Abounds
Found another hitchhiker this morning on deck. This time a tiny 1 inch long flying fish. Too cute! Today though wasn’t so good for TUI and at least one other boat. We rece.
ARC+: Day 3 – Dark Soy Sauce
Well, we gybed and decided to steer closer to the rhumb line. We turned off the auto pilot too and hand steered trying to surf down waves. Very quickly we started to gain distance on the boats nearby.
ARC+: Day 2 – Hitchhikers
After a good start yesterday, we find ourselves mid fleet at the end of the day. Wind and waves have been favorable and we used our new whisker pole to fly our Genoa to Windward. A sheet caught under.
ARC+: Day 1 – Las Palmas Start!
Multi hulls started at 1245 and our class the ‘Minohulls’, started at 1300 just out of Las Palmas harbor. A lot of expense and planning have led up to this day. The committee boat at the start was th.
