by First Class Sailing | Dec 6, 2019 | ARC Rally, Atlantic Adventures
Midnight gybing, showers on deck and fancy dress. The crew of Challenger 2 have passed the half way point to the Caribbean. The daily report from Skipper Ricky below is actually yesterday’s and Kirstie’s blog below came in at 01:54 this morning. Midnight...
by First Class Sailing | Dec 4, 2019 | ARC Rally, Atlantic Adventures
Halfway to paradise Today is day 10 of the ARC, we have close to 1,600 nautical miles of Atlantic Ocean behind us and we just encountered our first real squall. At this time last year I had never even heard of the ARC. This past April, while visiting St Lucia with...
by First Class Sailing | Dec 4, 2019 | ARC Rally, Atlantic Adventures
Whilst watching a pod of fin whales the crew of Challenger 2 were treated to something else, also rather special. N 20.36.88 W035.14.345 We are scooting along at a decent rate of knots and it feels a bit odd to think we are almost half way across the Atlantic. ...
by First Class Sailing | Dec 3, 2019 | ARC Rally, Atlantic Adventures
Tuesday 3 Dec 2019 – Jason As I sit at the PC we have 1672Nm to St Lucia and we are currently travelling at 10.5Kts I won’t write our estimated ETA as it is a little optimistic and the one thing you learn on-board is that things change regularly. As mentioned in some...
by First Class Sailing | Dec 2, 2019 | ARC Rally, Atlantic Adventures, Racing, Sailing Trips
Over a week out in the big blue now for the crew of Challenger 2 and they’ve begun to find their groove as variable winds dictate multiple sail changes – likened to the Waltz. Meanwhile, Paul explains the daylight savings phenomenon that led to a 26-hour...
by First Class Sailing | Dec 2, 2019 | ARC Rally, Atlantic Adventures
A week in…. It’s exactly a week after the start that I write this, so we have been out of sight of land for a whole week. For horny sea-dogs that may not be much, but for most of the crew of Challenger 2 it’s pretty significant, especially since have perhaps ten...
