{"id":2623,"date":"2016-12-02T18:27:13","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T18:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/?p=2623"},"modified":"2018-11-05T14:18:38","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T14:18:38","slug":"arc-2016-day-12-a-moment-of-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/arc-2016-day-12-a-moment-of-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"ARC 2016 – Day 12 – A Moment of Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"WatchWatch leader Peter has time to consider life and the meaning of sailing.<\/div>\n

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Food, GLorious Food For Thought<\/h2>\n

Friday 2nd December: Well yesterday was my Mother watch, leaving \u2018C\u2019 watch watch-leaderless, heaven knows what trouble they will be plotting in my absence, but keep up the speed and save me from a dunking (more on this later) ?? Huge thank you to so many of the crew across all watches who helped me with the duties of food preparation, washing up and cleaning.<\/p>\n

For lunch, I cooked pesto-pasta with sun dried tomatoes and olives topped with shavings of parma ham from the hind leg we now have hanging in the galley — photo on boat camera —<\/p>\n

As most of my family and friends back home will recall I detest pesto-pasta, but decided to face my nemesis head on. The crew seemed to like it and to be honest, I did enjoy it myself, now a changed man.<\/p>\n

Dinner was chili con carne plus a pan of extra hot sauce and then after final wash up bed at 9pm, slept through to 6am \u2013heaven.<\/p>\n

With less than 999 miles to go there is much talk about St Lucia, and of course beating the other Challenge boats. This morning is a beautiful sunny sky and we are flying the spinny.<\/p>\n

We Are Family<\/h2>\n
\"IsIs Challenger 2 taking a lead?<\/div>\n

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As I look around we are still alone in this huge ocean and as the \u2018family\u2019 of Challenge 3 go about our daily chores, some sailing, some eating and some cleaning I reflect on how lucky I am to be aboard a boat with such beautiful people who are so giving with their support and assistance towards any jobs and tasks asked of them.<\/p>\n

I am going to use this blog to thank my own family and friends back home for their support and backing. I received a large number of good will messages before I left that spit of dirt we call the UK and I hope you are all following the blogs and tracking on Tall Ships, First Class Sailing and ARC16 websites.<\/p>\n

It is amazing that as an amateur sailor (although to my family and friends I\u2019m an Ocean Warrior) we can sign up and sail across the Atlantic Ocean. It\u2019s thanks to the crew, watch-leaders, mate and skipper who collectively help create a safe environment for us all to challenge ourselves. <\/p>\n

Outside of our boat, The Bubble, there are others I need to recognise that without Tall Ships maintaining these Challenge boats, without First Class Sailing for organising the opportunity to join a boat and with ARC16 putting on the race\/cruise\/regatta, then I wouldn\u2019t be here writing this blog, Thank You.<\/p>\n

So it’s time for other things, one of which is to review the average distance covered by each watch in an hour, while tight it looks like I\u2019m going for a dunking !!!<\/p>\n

Peter (Watch Leader)<\/p>\n

First Class Training and Adventures All Year<\/h2>\n

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The company has been awarded a Trip Advisor certificate of excellence three years running.<\/p>\n

Sailing holidays to various parts of the world are on offer, including Norwegian fjord cruises<\/a> next year and participation in races such as the 2017 ARC Rally<\/a>, The Rolex Fastnet <\/a>\u2013 a race from Cowes to Ireland, finishing in Plymouth \u2013 and the Round the Island<\/a> race circumnavigating the Isle of Wight.<\/p>\n

Anyone wishing to book a place at the 2017 ARC with First Class Sailing should contact Charlie Tulloch on 0203 006 3717 or via email info@firstclasssailing.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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