These are the official Lancelot boat logs from throughout the ARC (15-20): Day 15 - 1100 to go Position - 13'20'.8N 42'04'.3W Time - 1600 GMT 5th Dec 2010 Speed - 8 knots Heading - 280 degrees Wind - NE 15 knots Day 15, eleven hundred miles to go. During the day yesterday the trade winds finally kicked in and the sea built steadily during the afternoon. With it came squally conditions - some we avoided and others gave us a thorough soaking and in the str...

These are the official Lancelot boat logs from throughout the ARC (8-14): Day 8 - Upwind Position - 17'45'.8N 28'16'.9W Time - 1900 GMT 28th Nov 2010 Speed - 7 knts Heading - 278 degrees Wind - SSW 18 knots Well here we are on day eight on the 'storebror' boat (hi Jan) after several days of light & variable breezes, the wind has arrived at last. The only problem is that it's coming from entirely the wrong direction! This year the trade winds are not ...

These are the official Lancelot boat logs from throughout the ARC (1-7): Day 1 - 1st Blog from Prue Position - Just after the start in Las Palmas Speed - 7 knts Heading - 200 degrees Wind - NNE 10-15knts Well, here we go. Months of preparation by Jacko and Mick, ten days of delivery passage, three mega shopping trips in both Hamble and Las Palmas (more about that crazy experience in a future episode) and finally the crew of Lancelot for the ARC 2010 hav...

Boats, Big Brother and Bumrot I know, I know. This update has taken forever to arrive but I have had a busy and stressful week or so; more on that in subsequent entries! Also, I didn't technically go to the Cape Verde Islands but it's the only option I have on this blog site to enter and it's the only land we came near to enroute! So, after leaving you last time in Las Palmas, we had an early start down at the marina. Paul and I had been tasked with collecting ...

Forgot to mention in my last update that I am back on my HK mobile number. You can also see my latest pics on picasa (http://picasaweb.google.com/lindylou73). Well, I'm feeling a bit odd at the moment - excited and, not exactly scared, but certainly very apprehensive! We set off tomorrow (Sunday) at 12.40pm. You can track our position, progress and updates on the following website http://www.worldcruising.com/arc/index.aspx - we are on boat Lancelot and in the I...