We finish the ARC at around 11pm on Tuesday the 9th
December, 15 days after we left Las Palmas.
Our final gybe as we round Pigeon Island is now well-practiced and
for the first time for two weeks we are sailing up-wind into 20 knots with a
reefed mainsail. Just as we approach the finish, a large motor yacht drops
anchor ahead of us, completely obscuring the line so we duck behind it and come
up hard into the wind, shooting the line and barely missing the committee boat
– now that would have been a bad way to finish.
Sunday, 28 December 2014
Wednesday, 10 December 2014
Finished!
Tuesday, 9 December 2014
ARC 2014 Day 15. Almost there
On the ARC in 2012 Kim brought with him a gift from Dr James Ashby, a close friend of his from Cornwall. If you have ever fished for crabs as a child you would recognise it immediately: a wooden frame wound with heavy monofilament fishing line, a large brass swivel impregnably attached to the end. When Mitchel, our grumpy fishing reel, gave up and cast all my best lures to the deep on our last Atlantic crossing, it was this hand line that came in to its own; we wound it onto Mitchel, despite his sulky protests, and hooked a big Dorado that we were able to winch in with no fear of the line breaking.
Monday, 8 December 2014
ARC 2014 Day 14 written by Fatty
Saturday, 6 December 2014
Friday, 5 December 2014
Thursday, 4 December 2014
ARC 2014 Day Eleven

Wednesday, 3 December 2014
ARC Day Ten guest written by Kez

Tuesday, 2 December 2014
ARC Day Eight and Half Way

Monday, 1 December 2014
ARC 2014 Day Seven

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