ARC DAY 17 Wednesday 11th December
The Adventures of Allegria & Crew
Peter Lansdale
Wed 11 Dec 2019 19:48
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14:47N 056:30W
255 nautical miles to go!
Well Skip's bread was delicious. Heinz tomato
soup and freshly made bread sandwiches for a cockpit picnic lunch.
The blue skies and sun have disappeared and we have cloud cover, but it hasn't
resulted in the usual squalls. The wind has dropped a bit in fact, just
when we thought a bit of a push would be welcome. ah well, it can change in a
heartbeat and usually does.
We are being followed by a very posh 33 metre yacht
- not part of the ARC rally, she is headed for Martinique. Wouldn't mind
her overtaking us as we could have a good old nosey. No other boats in
sight or on radar, but that will change as there are a cluster of boats due to
arrive over a staggered period of time with us. Plans have been made as to
how we deal with our grand arrival, mostly the practical side of things but
the possibility of cobbling together a team outfit was briefly
raised. We are sadly lacking in the sartorial elegance department - lots
of the other boats are sporting some great (presumably) self-designed team
shirts. Maybe we should just go for th rainbow look with none of it
matching!
I have just brought up the map showing the track of
our entire journey from Lymington to here on the chart plotter - around
4,700 miles - it looks truly awesome. also it's amazing to think back on
our two 'unintended' but totally delightful 'holiday' breaks in Muros and Vigo
in Galicia en route - both of which seem like a million miles
and ages ago!
What an adventure this has, and continues, to
be. 2 more sleeps
 PS; Julie and Tom thanks for the emails
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