{"id":3305,"date":"2018-01-08T16:32:55","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T16:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/?p=3305"},"modified":"2018-09-26T14:27:27","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T14:27:27","slug":"antigua-to-portsmouth-the-return-leg-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/antigua-to-portsmouth-the-return-leg-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Antigua to Portsmouth: the Return Leg Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"size-thumbnail\" style=\"width: 900px; margin: 0 auto; text-align: center; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Antigua-02-900.jpg\" alt=\"Antigua to Portsmouth: the Return Leg Begins\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The last leg of the Atlantic Adventure began over the weekend. It started in Portsmouth with the voyage down to the Canaries, followed by the rally across the Atlantic in the ARC 2017 and finally Challenger 2 will sail from Antigua to Portsmouth.<\/p>\n<p>The crew will be adding around 3500+ miles to their log books after this 35 night trip, which is seen as a much tougher voyage than the east-west crossing of the ARC. Below are the first two blogs from the crew who\u2019ve recently joined skipper Neil on the yacht&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>Preparations and Supplies (Day 1)<\/h2>\n<p>Our time in Antigua is done we have paid the bills run the gauntlet of officialdom the crew have had lunch and are now rushing to the supermarket for last minute supplies.<\/p>\n<p>Challenger 2 is tugging at her warps eager to get out in the open ocean where she belongs. Weather is looking good for the first leg to Horta . we will slip when the crew return (Aprox 45) mins next stop Horta!<\/p>\n<p>Neil, Skipper, Challenger 2<\/p>\n<div class=\"size-thumbnail\" style=\"width: 900px; margin: 0 auto; text-align: center; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Antigua-01-900.jpg\" alt=\"Antigua to Portsmouth: the Return Leg Begins\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Finally at Sea (Day 2)<\/h2>\n<p>Left Jolly Harbour to a tropical downpour which cooled everyone down, watch system was started at 19:00 local time.<\/p>\n<p>Both watches have experienced their first Caribbean squalls at night and the associated rain that comes with them. 3 crew have succumbed to the green meanie but are slowly recovering and getting used the swell.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone seem in good spirits and they are settling into their watch patterns. We have had a good 24 hours with a distance of 150 nm.<\/p>\n<p>Nick, Mate, Challenger 2<\/p>\n<h2>Sail the Atlantic in 2018<\/h2>\n<h2>Current position of the two Challengers<\/h2>\n<div class=\"size-thumbnail\" style=\"width: 900px; margin: 0 auto; text-align: center; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/day-1-return-positions.jpg\" alt=\"Antigua to Portsmouth: the Return Leg Begins\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to take part in one of these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/Three-Atlantic-Sailing-Adventures.html\">Atlantic Adventures<\/a>\u00a0arrange a call back using the form below:<\/p>\n<p><!-- Begin MailChimp Signup Form -->\n<link href=\"\/\/cdn-images.mailchimp.com\/embedcode\/classic-10_7.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\">\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t#mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; }\n\t\/* Add your own MailChimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block.\n\t   We recommend moving this block and the preceding CSS link to the HEAD of your HTML file. *\/\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup\">\n<form action=\"https:\/\/firstclasssailing.us11.list-manage.com\/subscribe\/post?u=987e9daaf5f78a1af69a47f69&amp;id=209ceee613\" method=\"post\" id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" name=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" class=\"validate\" target=\"_blank\" novalidate>\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup_scroll\">\n<h2>Request a Call Back about the Next Atlantic Crossing<\/h2>\n<div class=\"indicates-required\"><span class=\"asterisk\">*<\/span> indicates required<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\">\n\t<label for=\"mce-FNAME\">Full Name <\/label><br \/>\n\t<input type=\"text\" value=\"\" name=\"FNAME\" class=\"\" id=\"mce-FNAME\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-field-group size1of2\">\n\t<label for=\"mce-PHONE\">Phone Number <\/label><br \/>\n\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"PHONE\" class=\"\" value=\"\" id=\"mce-PHONE\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\">\n\t<label for=\"mce-MMERGE2\">What time shall we all you back? <\/label><br \/>\n\t<select name=\"MMERGE2\" class=\"\" id=\"mce-MMERGE2\"><option value=\"\"><\/option><option value=\"Early hours\">Early hours<\/option><option value=\"Office hours\">Office hours<\/option><option value=\"In the evening\">In the evening<\/option><\/select>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\">\n\t<label for=\"mce-EMAIL\">Email Address  <span class=\"asterisk\">*<\/span><br \/>\n<\/label><br \/>\n\t<input type=\"email\" value=\"\" name=\"EMAIL\" class=\"required email\" id=\"mce-EMAIL\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\">\n\t<label for=\"mce-MMERGE3\">Specific questions <\/label><br \/>\n\t<input type=\"text\" value=\"\" name=\"MMERGE3\" class=\"\" id=\"mce-MMERGE3\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-field-group input-group\">\n    <strong>Check box to join our mailing list <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><input type=\"checkbox\" value=\"1\" name=\"group[1][1]\" id=\"mce-group[1]-1-0\"><label for=\"mce-group[1]-1-0\">Join mailing list<\/label><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mce-responses\" class=\"clear\">\n<div class=\"response\" id=\"mce-error-response\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"response\" id=\"mce-success-response\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <!-- real people should not fill this in and expect good things - do not remove this or risk form bot signups--><\/p>\n<div style=\"position: absolute; left: -5000px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"b_987e9daaf5f78a1af69a47f69_209ceee613\" tabindex=\"-1\" value=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><input type=\"submit\" value=\"Send Message\" name=\"subscribe\" id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe\" class=\"button\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/downloads.mailchimp.com\/js\/mc-validate.js'><\/script><script type='text\/javascript'>(function($) {window.fnames = new Array(); window.ftypes = new Array();fnames[1]='FNAME';ftypes[1]='text';fnames[4]='PHONE';ftypes[4]='phone';fnames[2]='MMERGE2';ftypes[2]='dropdown';fnames[0]='EMAIL';ftypes[0]='email';fnames[3]='MMERGE3';ftypes[3]='text'; }(jQuery));var $mcj = jQuery.noConflict(true);<\/script><br \/>\n<!--End mc_embed_signup--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The last leg of the Atlantic Adventure began over the weekend. 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