Nutmeg of Shoreham - Transat Day 23 - 16th December 2008

Transat Day 23 - 16th December 2008 - We made it!!

Nutmeg of Shoreham

Ollie Holden

Thu 18 Dec 2008 21:05

Position: 14:04:49N 60:56:98W

We're here!!! At 0015 local time (0415UTC) Tuesday 16th, we crossed the finish line under sail. 22 and a half days since we left Las Palmas! Sarah and the girls met us on the pontoon - I jumped off the boat and into their arms before Nutmeg had stopped - one of the happiest moments of my life! What a wonderful feeling.

I will write up our adventures in St Lucia (with photos) in the next few days. Suffice to say this place is a close approximation to paradise!

Thank you for your support and encouragement, it was well appreciated.

Ollie

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Jun 2019

Mon 17 Jun 08:28
- Emilia AZAB report
- AZAB Nutmeg update
Wed 12 Jun 16:58
- AZAB Wednesday 12th June - we did it!!
Tue 11 Jun 20:17
- AZAB Day 10 Tuesday 11th June - easy sailing
Mon 10 Jun 17:46
- AZAB Day 9 Mon 10th June - finally got the wind behind us!
Sun 9 Jun 17:26
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Tue 2 Jun 02:18
- Trip Update - 1st June 2009 Azores-UK Day 10
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Sun 31 May 01:54
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Thu 16 Apr 02:43
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Wed 15 Apr 01:55
- Trip Update - 7th April 2009 Little Bay, Montserrat
Mon 13 Apr 22:48
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2008

Dec 2008

Wed 24 Dec 18:13
- Trip Update - 21st December 2008 Rodney Bay, St Lucia
Thu 18 Dec 21:05
- Transat Day 23 - 16th December 2008 - We made it!!
Mon 15 Dec 12:31
- Transat Day 22 - 15th December 2008 - the final miles!!
Sun 14 Dec 12:56
- Transat Day 21 - 14th December 2008 - cookdown
Sat 13 Dec 12:33
- Transat Day 20 - 13th December 2008 - flying fish attack!
Fri 12 Dec 12:00
- Transat Day 19 - 12th December 2008 - big wet lumps
Thu 11 Dec 13:07
- Transat Day 18 - 11th December 2008 - Come on Nutmeg!!
Wed 10 Dec 12:57
- Transat Day 17 - 10th December 2008 - can this be ... the Trades??
Tue 9 Dec 12:04
- Transat Day 16 - 9th December 2008 - frustration
Mon 8 Dec 12:25
- Transat Day 15 - 8th December 2008 - don't spare the horses
Sun 7 Dec 12:30
- Transat Day 14 - 7th December 2008 - easy sailing
Sat 6 Dec 12:49
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Fri 5 Dec 11:55
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Thu 4 Dec 12:56
- Transat Day 11 - 4th December 2008 - close encounters
Wed 3 Dec 12:01
- Transat Day 10 - 3rd December 2008 - some help with steering
Tue 2 Dec 13:00
- Transat Day 9 - 2nd December 2008 - 1000 miles down!
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- Transat Day 8 - 1st December 2008 - a gybe to the west...

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- Transat Day 7 - 30th November 2008 - One week in...
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- Transat Day 6 - 29th November 2008 - averages
Fri 28 Nov 12:33
- Transat Day 5 - 28th November 2008 - rock & roll
Thu 27 Nov 13:03
- Transat Day 4 - 27th November 2008 - breeze at last!
Wed 26 Nov 13:12
- Transat Day 3 - 26th November 2008 - more light winds!
Tue 25 Nov 13:06
- Transat Day 2 - 25th November 2008 - light winds
Mon 24 Nov 12:53
- Transat Day 1 - 24th November 2008
Fri 21 Nov 20:53
- Trip Update - 21st November 2008 Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canaries
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- Trip Update - 16th November 2008 Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canaries
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- Trip Update - 4th November 2008 Marina Rubicon, Lanzarote, Canaries
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Sat 25 Oct 09:13
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- Trip Update - 4th October 2008 Porto Santo
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- Trip Update - 3rd October 2008 Cascais - Madeira update #3
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- Trip Update - 16th August 2008 Les Sables d'Olonne, France
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Wed 13 Aug 14:33
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- Trip Update - 4th August 2008 La Trinite, France
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