Day 27… we have arrived in St Lucia

Last one in the ARC fleet we reached St Lucia on Saturday 17th December, after nearly a month at sea. We were so excited to have got there and totally overwhelmed by our reception… the whole marina seemed to be clapping, cheering, tooting their fog horn for our arrival. Even friends from the ARC+, turned up much to our surprise. It was very emotional, the rhum punch did help though. We were the last boat in before the prize giving ceremony. Barely time to tie the boat up and we were whisked to the prize giving… got the wooden spoon award! And then party! It was just brilliant to catch up with everyone and share our experiences.

What an adventure….we did not expect to stop in Cape Verde -we had to turn back and put our disruptive crew member ashore. Lesson learned: forget internet crew search and trial sail for all crew from now on! Will tell more when the dust has settled, the story needs to be told! The passage from Cape Verde was fantastic, we had a ball.

Both Richard have now gone and we are home alone. Need time to chill and regroup, where better than St Lucia for Christmas in the sun?