After a few days in Grenada Serenity is now back at sea again. They departed St. Georges, Grenada at 10 am this morning (Sunday February 22), a beautiful beam reach and sunny sky! Next stop will be BVI, where the trip first started about a week ago.
Serenety has arrived to Grenada!
Serenity arrived to Grenada last night around 1.30 am in the morning! When I spoke to Andy this morning I asked if they were having a good time and if everything was alright. His answer was 'Oh yes it is great, Jake is cooking an omelette, I just went for a swim off the boat and we have rainbow above us'.
Serenity update 2015.02.18
Hi everyone!
Once again I have an update from the Serenity crew. Andy called me around 10am, the wind had eased of a bit and they could raise full sail for the first time in two days. The night was a bit rough with up to 30 kt of wind, so the light wind was a nice break for them.
2018.02.18 10 am
13°04’N 62°16’W
12 kt of Wind
Serenity update 2015.02.17
Serenity update 2015.02.16 8am
Serenty has departed Tortola
Tortola to Grenada Expedition Set to Depart!
Scarlet Oyster & Captain Blind Duke it out to the ARC Finish
The ARC Racing Division doesn’t get much tighter than the battle between veterans Scarlet Oyster and Captain Blind. Both yachts finished early this morning off Pigeon Island in St. Lucia within an hour of each other. That wouldn’t be so remarkable, except for the fact that they’d be dueling for thousands of miles previously.
ARC Course Record Smashed by Maxi 'Leopard of Finland'
Mia and Andy will be heading to St. Lucia on Sunday for the finish of the ARC. But the first boat's have already gotten there! Sailing the 3,000+ mile route from the Canaries to St. Lucia in just over 8 days, Leopard of Finland smashed the course record by more than 2 days. Here's the official story from St. Lucia.
Strangers at Sea
Chris Museler's excellent documentary on the double-handed New York-Barcelona Race came out today on the New York Times. "You're the first to get the link," says Chris. What follows is the complete documentary that Chris filmed and helped produced. It was the first time someone had documented a double-handed race as such. Hear Chris talk about the experience on the podcast by clicking here. Thanks to the NY Times for letting us run this.
The Cape Horn Windvane: Kamau Interviews Yves Gelinas at Annapolis
Kamau Kwabena interviews a sailing legend at the Annapolis Sailboat Show. Yves sailed non-stop (almost) and solo around the Great Capes in his Alberg 30 Jean-du-Sud, filming the iconic Around the World With Jean-du-Sud movie in the process, a classic sailing film. Hear Yves talk about his Cape Horn wind vane invention in this short interview.
Avanti & Corsair Take Top Honors at the 25th ARC Caribbean 1500 Prizegiving
Despite several boats still at sea when the awards got underway, it was a very festive atmosphere on the beachside deck at Nanny Cay Marina. Crews that had been sweaty and salty for nearly two weeks at sea showed up in their shoreside best, with matching crew shirts and tropical island colors. After the crowd gathered round the bar for a quick beer or rum punch, the awards got going in earnest just before 5pm, as the sun was disappearing behind the hillsides in the west, offering up a much needed respite from the brutal afternoon heat.
Lest We Forget: The Carib 1500 Crews Who Won't Make it to Tortola This Year
Despite what I sometimes think of as the ‘propaganda’ that we post in the news and features during the 1500 (and I’m myself responsible for producing it), I feel we ought to focus at least occasionally on some of the more unfortunate realities of ocean sailing. Namely, not everyone is, or will be, partying in the Virgin Islands when this thing is all said and done.
One Fleet, Two Very Different Stories
While eight boats have made their arrival in Nanny Cay, taking advantage of the more easterly winds of the past few days, the smaller boats towards the back of the Caribbean 1500 fleet remain stuck in a southeasterly. It will be several days until the rest of them make their landfall. Photo shows Lone Star's arrival yesterday evening.
Slow Progress for the Caribbean 1500 Fleet
Hiking the 'Ghut' in Tortola
Yellowshirts in the (rainy) Caribbean / First ARC Bahamas boats make landfall
Day 4 at sea: Carib1500 fleet gets their sea legs
It's been mostly uneventful in the first few days of the Caribbean 1500 - exactly the way you want your ocean passages to go. But not entirely uneventful. An injured hand on Euro Trash Girl and engine trouble on Heart's Desire are the two big stories as the 1500 fleet heads farther offshore. Otherwise, the wind is calm and the fish are on!
