s/v Safena's blog - Night before start!

Night before start!

s/v Safena's blog

Simon Ashley

Sat 24 Nov 2018 22:45

Finally after an extremely frenetic week we are ready! It has been amazing! The parties, new friends, camaraderie and ARC seminars all combined with preparing and provisioning Safena for the Atlantic crossing have been great fun but much harder than expected. We are totally exhausted! Now we are just looking forward to setting sail and enjoying the fruits of our labours.

The past few months have all been leading up to this point. We cannot believe it is now about to start. Over the next week or so, the weather looks extremely good although wind looks to be light and variable for the start.

Blog Entries

2021

Dec 2021

Tue 7 Dec 17:11
- Safena blog - October 30th - December 7th 2021 “Return after pandemic!”

2020

Apr 2020

Fri 24 Apr 13:53
- Safena log - 18-28th March 2020 - laying up for hurricane season early!
Mon 13 Apr 13:35
- Safena Log - 7 - 18 March 2020 "Covid 19 escalates !!!"

Feb 2020

Sat 8 Feb 11:03
- Yacht Safena Log 2nd - 7th Feb 2020 "Back to Antigua via St. Kitts"
Wed 5 Feb 13:53
- Safena Log 23rd Jan - 1st Feb 2010 "St. Martin / Sint Maarten!"

Jan 2020

Thu 23 Jan 17:54
- Safana Log 20th - 22nd January 2020 - St. Kitts then St. Martin
- Safena Log 7th - 19th Jan 2020

2019

Nov 2019

Thu 28 Nov 02:01
- Safena Log 22nd - 27th November - "Back to Antigua"
Thu 21 Nov 16:00
- Safena Log 18 - 21st November 2019 "Virgin Islands to St. Barts"
- Safena Log 18 - 21st November 2019 "Virgin Islands to St. Barts"
Tue 19 Nov 12:03
- Safena log 10th - 17th November - "Passage north to USVI"
Sat 16 Nov 11:37
- Safena Log Oct 31st - Nov 9th 2019, "Relaunching after hurricane season"

May 2019

Wed 22 May 12:30
- Log 18th - 22nd may 2019 "Laying up Safena for hurricane season"
Fri 17 May 12:22
- Log 17th May - "Clearance and starting to prep Safena for hauling out"
Thu 16 May 12:13
- Log 16th May - "Arrival at Willemstad, Curacao Marine!"
Wed 15 May 11:11
- Log 15th May 2019 - "Bonaire!"
Tue 14 May 01:12
- Log 14th May 2019 - "Pit stop Rodney Bay Marina, passage to Curacao!"
Fri 10 May 14:01
- Log 9th May 2019 - "Back to Rodney Bay!"
Thu 9 May 11:38
- Log 9th May 2018 - "Lovely day in St. Anne"
Wed 8 May 13:14
- Log 8th May 2019 - "St. Anne"
Tue 7 May 13:14
- Log 7th May 2019 - "Grande Anse d'Arlet"
Sun 5 May 13:14
- Log 5th May 2019 - "St Pierre, Martinique"
Sat 4 May 13:13
- Log 3rd, 4th May 2019 - "The Saintes"
Thu 2 May 13:13
- Log 2nd May 2019 - "Antigua to Pigeon Island Guadeloupe"

Apr 2019

Tue 30 Apr 13:13
- Log 30th April 2019 - " Carl and Julia depart, Ben arrives!"
Mon 29 Apr 13:13
- Log 29th April 2019 - " Back to Jolly Harbour"
Sun 28 Apr 13:12
- Log 27th and 28th April 2019 - "Race Week, Falmouth Harbour, Antigua"
Fri 26 Apr 13:12
- Log 26th April 2019 - "Non Such Bay, Antigua"
Thu 25 Apr 13:12
- Log 24th and 25th April - "Barbuda"
Tue 23 Apr 02:00
- Log 23rd April 2019 - "Induction and anchorage"
Mon 22 Apr 15:30
- Log 20th - 22nd April 2019 - "First guest trip!"

Mar 2019

Mon 18 Mar 14:24
- Log 10-17th March - Jolly Harbour anchorage
Wed 13 Mar 01:41
- 7th-9th March 2019 - Deshaies - Antigua
Sat 9 Mar 14:52
Fri 1 Mar 12:07
- We are back! 24-28 Feb 2019

Jan 2019

Sun 6 Jan 12:20
- Log 6th January 2019
- Log 3rd January 2019!

2018

Dec 2018

Thu 27 Dec 23:57
- Log 25th December - "Perfect Caribbean Christmas!"
Mon 24 Dec 15:01
- Log 20-23rd December - "Bequia to Tobago Cays"
Fri 21 Dec 21:29
- Log 19th December 2018 - "Pitons"
Tue 18 Dec 21:26
- Log Day 18 - "ARC finish!!!"
Wed 12 Dec 23:27
- Log Day 17/18 - "Tantalisingly close!"
Tue 11 Dec 22:22
- Log Day 16/17 - "Nina's Birthday!"
- Log Day 15/16 - "Finally some decent wind!"
Sun 9 Dec 22:47
- Log Day 14/15 - "Big Mahi Mahi!"
Sat 8 Dec 22:55
- Log Day 13/14 "Light winds!"
Fri 7 Dec 21:49
- Log Day 12/13 - Wind Transducer Failure
Thu 6 Dec 23:00
- Log Day 11/12 - "Fantastic sailing!"
- Log Day 10/11 - "Trials & Tribulations!"
Wed 5 Dec 03:44
- Log Day 9/10 - Halfway!!!
Mon 3 Dec 21:26
- Log Day 8/9 - "Afterburner"!
Sun 2 Dec 20:25
- Log Day 7/8 - a bang during the night!
Sat 1 Dec 18:01
- Log day 6/7 - fishing success!!!

Nov 2018

Fri 30 Nov 20:27
- Log Day 5/6 - Destination St Lucia
- Log Day 5/6 - Destination St Lucia
Wed 28 Nov 17:44
- Safena ARC Day 3
Tue 27 Nov 14:22
- Safena ARC Day 2
Mon 26 Nov 10:09
- ARC Day 1
Sat 24 Nov 22:58

Oct 2018

Thu 11 Oct 18:26
- En route to Gran Canaria 11 October 2018 28:47.41N 14:00.07W

Night before start!

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