Poor Maximillian has been all on her own in St. Lucia since Christmas so Dad and I have flown over to give her a little tlc and move her to safer waters for the hurricane season rapidly approaching. Between commitments at home, BA strikes and volcanoes it’s been something of a saga getting people over [...]
Posts Tagged ‘marina’
Back in the Caribbean!
Posted in St Lucia, tagged beautiful, marina, sailing, St Lucia on April 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
End of the ARC and prize-giving
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ARC, Atlantic, Christmas, crew, finish, home, Lani, marina, prizes, Silver Bear, skipper, St Lucia, yacht on December 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last night the remaining yacht crews and families gathered together to celebrate the closing of the ARC finish line and award an endless stream of prizes! Hundreds of happy sailors filled the hall waiting to find out if they would be awarded a racing prize or even one of the special prizes. Unfortunately, though we [...]
Roxy on finishing the ARC
Posted in St Lucia, tagged adventure, Atlantic, beautiful, Crossing, dark, finish, marina, party, scary on December 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We made it! And I am happy as a fox can be to have crossed the Atlantic Ocean! What an amazing day We got to the finish line after dark so it was quite hard to see where we were going, but the boat at the finish line helped us by flashing their lights [...]
Finishing the ARC
Posted in St Lucia, tagged adventure, ARC, Atlantic, beautiful, crew, Crossing, cruising chute, Dad, damage, finish, fruit, helm, horizon, Jasmine, land ho!, marina, Mark, Maximillian, Pamela, party, Pigeon Island, rum, sailing, sails, Santa Maria, skipper, spinnaker, squall, St Lucia, swell, Tristan, Tucanon, VHF, wind, yacht on December 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I do find that the very best way to be woken up after a night (well… day really) of rum punches is by foghorn!! More of that later, but first let’s start at the end. The end of our mini-adventure across the Atlantic!! We had the most beautiful day of sailing on Wednesday, as though [...]
