Dec 9th – 12:43 UTC - Day 15
Hats off to the boys in Navillus (Brian, Peader & Mikey
Bill), they may have been responsible for our hangovers the night before
departure but to lift three guys from a liferaft 800 miles from land takes some
topping! For those of you who don’t know, Navillus is a 50ft Bavaria out of Tralee
and Brian a prominent member of the Fenit Lifeboat. Of course with an extra
three crew, they should fly into St Lucia! As for Glorious Munster,
going to LLanelli and winning 29 – 16, a fantastic result and we are
proud to continue to fly the Munster
flag from our starboard spreaders – hard to believe its still surviving!
We had another tough night on board last night. More high
winds, lightening and heavy rain. Because of the high seas and constant heavy
rain, we have had to keep to body of the boat closed up for the last 3-4 days.
As a result, it’s like a sauna down below. Temperatures are at 28c plus
day and night coupled with dampness from the wet, it’s a very
uncomfortable combination.
As of now we are 672nm’s west of St Lucia and if
the winds hold our ETA is late Thursday night. The ships clock went back again
yesterday and we are now UTC – 3.
Louis is just cooking breakfast – eggs, baked beans
and toast. He would be great behind a deli counter! With our water tanks still
¾ full (we started with 400ltrs), the skipper has relaxed the ban on fresh
water showering. Briefly, there will be a lot of clean bodies around today.
As for those of you who picked up on the deliberate error in
fish size yesterday – of course it was only 20cm and not the 200cm
printed! Prizes will go out to you all shortly. We will be uploading our
bulging bank of picture on arrival in St. Lucia.
ARC Control Update………….
Three crew from yacht SPAM were safely
evacuated from their liferaft onto 116 Navillus around 1200 today.
Yacht SPAM is understood to be holed
and sinking, after a dismasting this morning.
The vessel has been abandoned and is
drifting.
Last reported for SPAM was 16:
29.500N 48: 31.027W
Wind direction 098 deg M. and speed
24kts.
The abandoned yacht is a Prout Quest
31 Catamaran with red hulls and white superstructure.
The liferaft has been punctured but
is also adrift.
All yachts are requested to keep a good
look out and report any sightings.
Thanks to those involved: Navillus
and Regina
Thanks also to yachts that diverted
to assist or provided relays:
Worldwide Traveler
Cat-man-do
Blue Spirit
No further assistance is required.
Advice received from MRCC
Falmouth
Yacht NEREE
at position 15 25.4N 046 45.2W at
11:45UTC
Crew are intending to abandon the
boat due to steering failure
In communication with yacht AVOCET
Yacht NORTHABOUT is attending and
will evacuate the crew from NEREE
Any ARC yachts in the area are
requested to offer assistance via VHF
MRCC Martinique is the controlling
station.
ENDS
BARBARY DUCK
Barbary Duck reported drifting with
mast in water trailing lines at position:
17 55.41N 43 07.20W at 18:30UTC
08/12
ARC Control
