by First Class Sailing | Nov 7, 2019 | Atlantic Adventures, Portsmouth - Gran Canaria, Sailing Holidays, Sailing Trips
Champagne sailing Many sailors would probably say their very best experience on the water is sailing fast, downwind, with the headsail poled out surfing down the waves, in bright sunshine. Without doubt a fair definition of champagne sailing. Today, after more than a...
by First Class Sailing | Nov 5, 2019 | Atlantic Adventures, Portsmouth - Gran Canaria, Sailing Holidays, Sailing Trips
With a storm to ride out, the crew weren’t able to keep sending in a blog each day. So, we’ve collated the skipper’s daily logs into one blog to give an idea of what it’s like to be in a storm. Bracing for the Storm – Day 3...
by First Class Sailing | Nov 1, 2019 | Atlantic Adventures, Portsmouth - Gran Canaria, Sailing Holidays, Sailing Trips
A magical dolphins sighting greets the crew of Challenger 2 this morning, before some cheeky stowaways are spotted. Cheeky Birds & Magical Dolphins For a long time this morning was had shoals of dolphins swimming alongside and jumping out of the water, truly...
by First Class Sailing | Jan 30, 2019 | Antigua - Portsmouth, Atlantic Adventures, Sailing Trips
We have not received much in the way of blogs due to the heavy weather over the past 24 hours. It’s not that easy to type out there as you will see below. What we do have is the noon Skipper’s Log. The good news is they have only 100nm to go. The crew...
by First Class Sailing | Dec 4, 2018 | ARC Rally, Atlantic Adventures, Racing
Monday 3 December Today’s main event was the “half-way party” which was the strangest and most wonderful mid-ocean celebration most of us had ever attended. We are celebrating being slightly more than 1,550 nautical miles into this race, with a “short”...
