Finish line photos

Sort-out Sunday

There's plenty to be done to ready Tintin for cruising and a handover to James and Nicky, Matthew and Oliver Morrow who will be on board for the next fortnight.

Rob has serviced the engine, and Bee, Sophia and Bea inspected the extent of damage to the stingray sail. James has sorted the lazarette and got the dinghy afloat. 

Tomorrow is change-over day and we'll do a big clean before welcoming the Morrows on board.

Party up in the hills

Th ARC welcome party was held up in the hills last night, in the beautiful gardens of an old house. We enjoyed catching up with Andew and SWade, "yellowshirts" on the ARC team and dear friends of hours who sailed with us in Polynesia 6 years ago

R&R in Rodney Bay

A few pictures from the last 48 hours. We are all enjoying the chance to sleep a whole night long! And to chat to fellow sailors and hear their stories of adventures during the crossing.

We've arrived!

We sailed over the finish line in Rodney Bay at 10:30 last night.

Welcomed by our friends SWade and Andrew, some ice cold rum punch and a basket of fruit, it was wonderful to step ashore

Well done Tintin!

Land Ahoy!

50 miles off, we can see the top of a mountain! The St Lucia courtesy flag goes up, with the yellow quarantine flag, alongside burgees of Salcombe Yacht Club and the OCC

100 nautical miles to St Lucia

As the sun rises over a glassy sea, we have 100 miles to go. It's been the quietest night of the whole voyage, and probably the last. We hope to make landfall late tonight...

The wind has died completely, leaving the sea smooth and free of any ripples apart from Tintin's wake. We're motoring at a steady 6 knots with plenty of fuel still in the tank.

The night sky was stunning, lit by the brightest (almost) full moon I have ever seen. Once it set at 5am, like a big orange disc, the stars became even more dazzling. The brightest were reflected in the sea, while phosphoresence lit up the edge of Tintin's bow wave. Shooting stars of the Geminid meteor shower and lightning low on the eastern horizon. Not a squall cloud in sight.