Landfall and missing blog
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Chris & Katie Russell
Wed 13 Dec 2017 12:26
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Apologies - it appears that the blog written on the last
night before we arrived did not get posted so our thoughts on our approach to St
Lucia will only ever be known to King Neptune. Suffice it to say that we were
pleased that the adventure was coming to a close but equally thoughtful about
what we had achieved. A star filled sky covered our final approaches under
engine as the light looms from Barbados, Martinique and finally St Lucia
heralded our landfall - the first for 23 days
The wind remained fickle but we slowed ourselves down so
that we would approach at dawn and cross the finish line in
daylight
Earlier we had thoroughly enjoyed the inaugural
recital from the ARC Poets Society (Associate Chapter) as Jan and Will read
the pieces that they had composed through the voyage. The three poems were
thoughtful and poignant and well received by the specially invited
audience At 06:30.49 local time (10:30 GMT) we passed
between the committee boat and her ODM having logged 2891 miles at an
average speed of 5.26 knots having spent 22 days and 21.5 hours at
sea
We firstly thanked and then tidied Associate and
made our way into Rodney Bay marina to our welcoming rum punch and fruit bowl -
tired but elated
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