”I can’t steer by the stars, they swing about too much” – A First Class Sailing blog
1,490 views | December 6th, 2019Half way fancy dress party on the ARC. This photo is from a previous year. We hope to up date it with one from this year in due course.
Midnight Gybing
Date : Wednesday 5 December 2019
Time : 12:00 GMT (10am Boat Time)
Position : 18.44 N 40.54 W
Position : Halfway Party time, Mid Atlantic
Destination : Rodney Bay, St Lucia
ETA : 0955 Dec 11 (GPS)
DTF : 1188 Distance Run 1762
24 Hour Run : 204 DMG in 24 Hours : 184
Required Knots for 15 Dec : 5.2, Arrival at 8 Knots : 11 Dec
Wind : AWA : 150 AWS : 11
Gybe Angles (M) 245 275 305
Sailplan : Full Main, Yankee 1, Staysail
POB : 14, all in good health and happy
Fuel : 3 full, 1 in use
Water : 3 full, 1 in use and filling – Watermaker working at about 15L/Hr. Showers In Use.
Gas : 2 full, 1 in use, 2 Empty
Today on Challenger 2 :
Breakfast : Bacon Rolls Lunch : Party Food Dinner : Chicken Surprise
Music : None currently
Fishing Score : 27/11 1x Large Dorado – Fishing suspended
Notes and comments:
Halfway fancy dress party today !
Midnight gybe again to get us on the Northern (280) Gybe. Better speed, better swell angle and better course. We have got down to Challenger 1’s Latitude so it will be interesting to see whether they have overtaken us, or headed further South.
Best comment so far …”I cant steer by the stars, they swing about too much”.
Fancy dress costume construction underway…Festive drinks in the freezer getting cold !
Ricky, Skipper
Thursday 5 December
Mates Blog
We are now 11 and a half days into our crossing, 1856 miles completed with approximately 1001 to go!
Today has been a little different from most of our other days at sea. It all started off as normal with breakfast and watch routines rotating, people arising from sleep wondering what meal will be next or which day it is.
On deck clouds could be seen marching in from behind, water falling from them causing the gap between sea and sky to darken and look at least a little foreboding!
Shower, au naturel, before the party
As the winds increased and changed direction the rain caught up with us, we rode it out in our usual cool fashion but with the excitement and the heat of the day somebody(ies..) somewhere decided it would be best to enjoy the fresh water rinse falling from above. Before an eye was blinked clothes were off and stashed to keep them dry and scantily clad bodies littered the deck soaking up a rare and refreshing treat.
Although a little over half way, today was the day for our half way party. Baz and Clive did a great job of preparing a buffet lunch with some home made treats thrown in by Christine and Ricky.
Ricky kicked off the celebrations by appearing on deck in his DIY fancy dress costume soon to be followed by a whole host of entertaining outfits!
The mid day sun and large following seas made for an unusual backdrop for a fancy dress party on our little boat bobbing around in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
Kirstie
Posted by: First Class Sailing
