First day in Saint Lucia


The welcome was nice, even at midnight. We got a fruit basket and rum punch which was really strong. Then a 1.5 Liter beer bottle from Heineken :-) and a bag full of information brochures.
Those who arrive during the day also get a steel drum player playing to welcome them. Some of the boats sound their horns and the atmosphere is now really relaxed compared to Las Palmas.


Comments

kszhanni said…
Hallo an alle aus Ungarn!

Ich gratuliere Euch zuerst, es ist wirklich eine unglaublich tolle Leistung, vor allem mit Lani! Ich habe Linocat und Eure blogs die ganze Zeit seit dem 22.11.2009 verfolgt,per Zufall habe ich Euch unter den daily logs der ARC Seite gefunden. Vielen Dank für die Berichte und Fotos, die haben mir viel Spass gemacht. Wir sind auch Segler, zwar meistens am Balaton mit unserem Fortuna, aber auch mit Kinder (5 und 2 Jahre alt). Gerade deswegen, war es mir sehr interassant zu sehen, dass man mit Kindern -scheinbar problemlos- solche Strecken auch leisten kann. Unser bester Freund nimmt an ARC auch teil (mit einem Ovni Alubat, namens Mandula), er hat im Moment noch 10 nm, hat uns gerade angerufen).
Viel Spass in der Karibik!
Liebe Grüsse aus Budapest:
Johanna
December 10, 2009 at 10:27 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

ARC particpants in the multihull class

Here are the participants in the multihull class until today: Name Model length Owner Country Division Amazing Grace Broadblue 415 12.65 John Macrae GBR Division IV: MultiHulls Blondie Privilege 585 17.8 Doron Shpanauf GBR Division IV: MultiHulls Boundless 1 Privilege 495 14.95 Richard Clennett AUS Division IV: MultiHulls Ca Canny Broadblue 415 12.8 Alan Spence USA Division IV: MultiHulls Diamante Speeg Diamante 555 16.54 Remo Forte ITA Division IV: MultiHulls La Medianoche Cruising 150 14.99 Inge & Ralf Menke GER Division IV: MultiHulls Linocat Lagoon 380 11.55 Michael Waldbrenner GER Division IV: MultiHulls Mojomo Privilege 495 14.95 Matt Steadman GBR Division IV: MultiHulls Nemo Nautitech 47 14.50 Andrea Aliverti ITA Division IV: MultiHulls Pelican Quasar 50 14.9 Paul Redman GBR Division IV: MultiHulls Tucanon Lagoon 440 13.6 Dick & Irene craig GBR Division IV: MultiHulls Wiki Lagoon 420 12.60 Reinhard Siede GER Div...
Read more

Back in the water again

Image
After all work was done: -cleaning of ship bottom -Antifouling hulls -New paint saildrive -Saildrive oil change -some woodwork on the teak grill -some fibre glass work on a step LinoCat was floating again and we directly sailed to Carriacou into Tyrrel bay. Peter, Tina and Chico with their guest Susanne and Walter and Brigitte were already waiting with dinner! Oliver was also there and we met him the first time. We had good food and even better drinks and it was midnight before it stopped :-) The approach to Tyrrel bay in the dark was a bit challenging but with the strong searchlight of Vanora we could circle around all the unlit boats anchored there. By the way, there is a HUUUGGGEEE internet problem, since a fibreoptic cable is broken. So if there is internet access it is extremly slow and often for a few minutes reachable at all
Read more

Sailing for Jesus Christ

Image
Today the ELIDA V was in the marina. She is 40m long and the mast is 45m high!!! She is built from composite and weighs only 95 tons. With a sail area of more than 800squaremeters she can do 20knots. COOL STUFF The boat is holding groups of young people who believe in Jesus Christ but it does not matter to which church they belong. Typically up to 40 young people are guests and the crew is around 12 to 16 people. The boat is very spartanic inside but built very safe and fast. The big Harken winches are operated by grinders and even the anchor is pulled up with them. This is the meeting room below. It can also be used for company sails. Maybe one day we will have our management meeting there. Here you can see Colin from Californa. He showed us around on the boat. Under http://www2.elida.se/default.asp?id=53 you can read more about this fabolous boat. Roger at the steering wheel. Almost as tall as he is :-) Check my big shoe size 47 against the winches and the traveler :-)
Read more