Arrival in St Lucia!
Namaste
Paul Hales
Sat 13 Dec 2008 18:20
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Hi All
We are sitting in Scuttlebutts, a marina front bar
in St Lucia!! The trip has taken us 19.5 days.
Its very strange being on terra firma, the hustle
and bustle in the bar is a far cry from the gentle rocking of the
ocean.
Over the line, we were 82, out of 217 yachts.
We wil have to wait and see where the handicap places us overall. Some
yachts have motored a lot of the way which could help us...one yacht used 2,500
ltrs of fuel. Thats not sailing!!
We were met on the quayside by Bridget, Jan and a
few other groupies. There was a guy playing his steel drums as we
gratefully received out welcome punches and fruit basket.
We haven't yet managed to sort out shore power and
the battery is low so we need to keep this brief, but we will send photo's and a
more in depth summation in the next couple of days.
Thanks for all of the emails and messages of
support while we crossing. They were all much appreciated.
We are now going to allow ourselves to slip in to
Caribbean time...nothing happens quickly, but nothing needs to!!
Lots of love
Namaste
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