After the Atlantic – Sailing Advice for Atlantic Sailors
After the Atlantic is a new Facebook group run by Lovesail members Ian and Wendy. Many of you will remember Ian and Wendy from several Lovesail articles.
ARC Race
The Longest Honeymoon Continues….
The Longest Honeymoon Continues – Ian and Wendy’s Story
Back in April, I wrote about Ian and Wendy, two Lovesail members that met on the site, fell in love and got married (read their story here). Both very keen sailors they decided the best honeymoon they could have would be to sail around the world. Would this be the longest honeymoon in history? Here is an update of their trip so far…..the longest honeymoon continues…
ARC Race 2013
ARC Race 2013 Starts Sunday 24th November 2013
ARC Race 2013 will see the maximum number of yachts participating some 245. So much was the demand for the ARC Race 2013, all places were filled by January, that the World Cruising Club decided to organise another race called ARC+.
March Newsletter – Competition and Casamara Need Crew
March 2012 Vol.1 Issue 7 – Casamara Latest News Casamara need Crew Many of you will be familiar with Casamara, the Discovery 55 that took part in last years ARC Race and posted daily updates of the race on this blog. After a fantastic crossing, they now need to sail her back to the UK … Read more
Day 17 – Nearly there…….
Day 17 nearly there… Sorry I’m late posting this one, busy day, so nearly there and some history about the Northumberland Fusiliers……. Northumberland Fusiliers – Hi Everyone Very nearly there and what a great trip. Shame that we have had to motor the last three hundred miles but it has allowed us to clean and … Read more
Day 16 – Crew Overboard on the Penultimate Day
Crew Overboard
I was starting to worry the blog wouldn’t be coming today but now I know why….Caribbean time! So here we have Day 16 – crew overboard!
Day 15 – A Guest Blogger on the Guest Blog!
Guest Blog Day 15 – Charlie’s guest blog Civilization as we know it and the skipper is chilled; so this blog, my first, is from Charlie – the new boy on the block. Until I arrived in Las Palmas I had not met any of the crew – it was a leap of faith and … Read more
Day 14 – Under 700nm to go
700nm to go 700nm to go and Roast Lamb. This has to be my favourite roast, I hope you managed to cook it without any mishaps….. Day 14 Hi everyone, We are now under 700nm to ST L. Today has been quiet with just one gybe to check gear etc. We have watched films, drunk … Read more
Day 13 and thoughts turn to home.
Home Thoughts Thoughts turn to home on Day 13 Hi Everyone Busy night last night with squalls, so everyone has had a restful day today. The full English got put back to lunch and we duly sat down to the ‘works’ at 3pm after the ARC radio net reports. This evening we had a simple supper of … Read more
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