ARC Portugal Ca Canny - 5 Days to go
Yacht Ca Canny
Geoff Rogers
Fri 30 May 2014 14:03
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Only 5 days to go before the start of ARC
Portugal - it is not a race it is
the rally - although the unofficial definition of a yacht race is “ 2 yachts going in the same direction”. So off to Plymouth tomorrow by train and the Ca Canny crew (Steve Chalker, Neil Hemming, Ian Lake, Stuart Innes and me) join over the next few days. We sail on Sunday morning. The crew change over in Porto (Portugal) 12/13 Jun where Brian Hunkin, Ian Pringle and Tony Fraser join. Final boat safety inspections by the World Cruising Club, weather and route briefings on Saturday. The rally start is on Sunday on the Plymouth Royal Corinthian Yacht Club start line just below Plymouth Hoe. *Fleet Progress Viewer* The boat will be carrying a Yellowbrick satellite GPS tracker, as all the boats on the rally do - that means you can view where we are on the trip - even the speed we are doing. 550nm will take 4/5 days at sea at an average of 6 knots - weather permitting! More details can be found on the World Cruising Club website - some yachts will be going on to do the Atlantic crossing in November and take part in the World ARC. Ca Canny will be stopping in Lagos (Algarve) for a year and sailing locally before the next adventure. If you look at the link below now it shows last years rally and the progress of each boat - they had perfect weather and were able to take a direct route. Tracking for this years event should start on Sunday morning. the rally - although the unofficial definition of a yacht race is 2 yachts going in the same direction. Outline of the trip attached. So off to Plymouth tomorrow by train and the Ca Canny crew (Steve Chalker, Neil Hemming, Ian Lake, Stuart Innes and me) join over the next few days. We sail on Sunday morning. The crew change over in Porto (Portugal) 12/13 Jun where Brian Hunkin, Ian Pringle and Tony Fraser join. Final boat safety inspections by the World Cruising Club, weather and route briefings on Saturday. The rally start is on Sunday on the Plymouth Royal Corinthian Yacht Club start line just below Plymouth Hoe. We will be taking the professional and prudent route - particularly the Plymouth to Baiona leg (Spanish Rias) across Biscay. *Fleet Progress Viewer* The boat will be carrying a Yellowbrick satellite GPS tracker, as all the boats on the rally do - that means you can view where we are on the trip - even the speed we are doing. 550nm will take 4/5 days at sea at an average of 6 knots - weather permitting! More details can be found on the World Cruising Club website - some yachts will be going on to do the Atlantic crossing in November and take part in the World ARC. Ca Canny will be stopping in Lagos (Algarve) for a year and sailing locally before the next adventure. If you look at the link below now it shows last years rally and the progress of each boat - they had perfect weather and were able to take a direct route. Tracking for this years event should start on Sunday morning. *http://www.worldcruising.com/arc_portugal/eventfleetviewer.aspx *Ca Canny Blog* Our ability to log updates will bedependent upon how busy we are en route, whether the sat phone works effectively and the weather. If we are publishing it will be on both this site and *http://blog.mailasail.com/yachtcacanny Geoff & Crew |