50°48.25'N/00°49.4'W With the engine still in pieces and no backstay up the Mast we are all wondering if Lady C will ever be ready to put to sea but I’m sure a lot of trips start off like this – don’t they?.   We are hoping to leave around 6pm on Friday 31^st on the first part of our dream – to take her down to the Canaries in preparation for the big one across the Atlantic in November.