LinoCat

Hi, we now have 230 NM to go until Rodney bay. If the wind keeps blowing with around 20 knots we should be able to arrive between 9th and 10th of december. What do we have do besides a new hair cut? -Get the fenders out and inflate them (some are deflates to give more storage space -Get the mooring lines ready -Get the white sails ready (since the last mile will be against the wind we can not use the Parasailor) -Get the papers ready for customs -Hoist the ARC banner and the St Lucia courtesy flag -Attach our Rally ID (213) to the starbord side (we had it all on the other side for the start) -check in the maps where the finishing line is -get the radio ready for the pre finishing call on VHF channel 77 -Pose for the finishing line picture by a professional photographer -Be ready to get seasick once the ground is not moving any more :-)

......and the nature just wanted to show us who the boss is. We escaped a few squalls but then one hit us and we had around 30 knots of wind before we could bring the Parasailor down at 5 in the morning. So we just kept it up and made sure it was not flapping around and it survived. Afterwards we took it down for 2 hours and then brought it back up again. Wind ist still strong and we are doing more than 8 knots constantly. Now one of the few thing i need before arrival is a hair cut. Lets see if we manage that today :-) This picture shows how the squalls are shown on our radar