{"id":5055,"date":"2020-01-06T15:12:01","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T15:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/?p=5055"},"modified":"2020-01-06T15:24:12","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T15:24:12","slug":"final-preparation-for-challenger-2-before-sailing-across-the-atlantic-man-over-board-and-emergency-drills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/final-preparation-for-challenger-2-before-sailing-across-the-atlantic-man-over-board-and-emergency-drills\/","title":{"rendered":"Final preparation for Challenger 2 before sailing across the Atlantic &#8211; Man Over Board and emergency drills"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Crew of Challenger 2 &#8211; go swimming<\/h2>\n<p><iframe title=\"First Class Sailing - Day 2 training Antigua to Portsmouth\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-5eluCIeE-Y?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Training<\/h2>\n<p>Challenger 2 slipped lines shortly after 1100 yesterday for a training sail to complete MOB &amp; emergency steering drills in slightly more clement conditions than they had back in the UK last month. They then picked up a mooring buoy in Falmouth Harbour for some more cheerful activities of visiting the rocking Shirley Heights, swimming and generally soaking up the Caribbean.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5059\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5059\" class=\"wp-image-5059 size-large\" title=\"Crew-checking-sails-before-heading-out-to-sea-for-training-trip\" src=\"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/antigua-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Crew checking sails before heading out to sea for training trip\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/antigua-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/antigua-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/antigua-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/antigua-2.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5059\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prepping the deck<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5058\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5058\" class=\"wp-image-5058 size-large\" title=\"knot-practise-Challenger-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/antigua-3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of some last minute Knot Practise\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/antigua-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/antigua-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/antigua-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/antigua-3.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5058\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Admiralty Stoppper Knot in the making<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Plan Today<\/h2>\n<p>Plan today is to head back to Jolly Harbour for some last minute supplies and to clear customs before making an early departure on tomorrow bound for the Azores. All well on board &amp; all crew happy &amp; enthusiastic.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5056\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5056\" class=\"wp-image-5056 size-large\" title=\"Photo-of-the-Challenger-2-crew-completing-training-in-the-UK\" src=\"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Antigua-to-Portsmouth-Crew-2020-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of the Challenger 2 crew completing training in the UK\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Antigua-to-Portsmouth-Crew-2020-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Antigua-to-Portsmouth-Crew-2020-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Antigua-to-Portsmouth-Crew-2020-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Antigua-to-Portsmouth-Crew-2020.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our crew in the UK learning the ropes.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Book Your Own Atlantic Adventure<\/h2>\n<p>You may have missed being on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldcruising.com\/arc\/event.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ARC Rally 2019<\/a>\u00a0or even the return leg now but if you fancy coming along\u00a0next year or one of our other offshore sailing trips have a look here\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/3-atlantic-ocean-sailing-adventures\">voyage across one of the world\u2019s oceans<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0start speaking to the team in the office. 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