by First Class Sailing | Dec 10, 2019 | ARC Rally, Atlantic Adventures
Tuesday 10 December Becs and I are back on MF watch today, having taken over from the chuckle brothers Jim and Jason. Personally I don’t get why they have a problem with getting up at 5.30 having been sailing half the night to cook a bunch of smelly crewmates...
by First Class Sailing | Dec 9, 2019 | ARC Rally, Atlantic Adventures
What a shower! Avid readers may be interested in the process of showering on the good ship Challenger 2 . Our water production capacity allows for a shower every other day provided we all use minimum water. As we are very warm below deck and subject to random dowsing...
by First Class Sailing | Dec 9, 2019 | ARC Rally, Atlantic Adventures
Jim’s Blog – 2243 Nautical miles covered, computer says 740 Nm to go There’s been a perceptible change in the mood aboard Challenger 2 today, at least from my perspective and I think it’s shared by others. It seemed that after the half-way party (of which more...
by First Class Sailing | Dec 7, 2019 | ARC Rally, Atlantic Adventures
Ode to my Mum from Mothers Watch It was just past midnight when I glanced at our logbook before tucking into my bunk and noted that we had sailed 2,080 nautical miles with only 892 miles till the finish in St Lucia. I left word with the crew on watch to be woken...
by First Class Sailing | Dec 6, 2019 | Antigua - Portsmouth, ARC Rally
Countdown… Off watch now, enjoying whales, mast climbing and also watching our arrival numbers tick down below the 1000Nm mark (were currently 980). We are all now estimating our arrival time, I’m looking forward to being able to speak with everyone at home, hearing...
by First Class Sailing | Dec 6, 2019 | ARC Rally, Atlantic Adventures
The Fancy Dress Party Friday 6 December 1000 miles from anywhere and we are having a fancy dress party! Nuns, Pirates, Greek Godesses, Mermaids, Newly-weds, Sharks , Arabs, & Ducks. Loud music and sun all on a boat rolling 15 degrees either way and speeding...
