Helen Mary Gee
ARC 2007 – Gran Canaria to St Lucia
Our journey started on Monday 19 November and we arrived at Las Palmas Mulle Deportivo at 16.00 to be reunited with Helen Mary Gee which we had left on Pontoon 10 since our trip from Lagos, via Porto Santo and Madeira in September. [...]
Archive for December, 2007
Atlantic crossing – A story of the ARC 2007
Posted in The ARC on 20 December, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Greetings from St. Lucia
Posted in Caribbean on 14 December, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Everything is settling down now and batteries have recharged. We had a day yesterday of repairs and straightening (literally) and cleaning.
Today we are going on a tour of the Island as Lee is leaving tomorrow.
More and more boats are coming in now even Island Kia arrived yesterday. Sad news [...]
The End! (of the ARC)
Posted in The ARC on 12 December, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
HMG crossed the finish line with a total elapsed time of 16d 23h 35m 25s
I’m sure they’ll be in touch soon with an update on the crossing but until then I think they’ll be in a bar somewere. Nearly 17 days without alcohol, that’s tough
Alive and Well
Posted in The ARC on 10 December, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
From 308 miles from St Lucia. I am pleased to report that we are still alive and well and can’t wait to get to SL. Saturday night we went through some amazing storms. Really scary especially as they are now saying that this is now over Puerto Rico and is [...]
Steering Failure
Posted in The ARC on 10 December, 2007 | 2 Comments »
An email from HMG at 12:43 GMT reports as follows:
We have suffered steering failure. Emergency repairs are underway and no assistance is required.
As soon as I know anymore I’ll update you all.
It will most probably be repaired with bits of string, some sticky tape and a blob of glue.
Update on position
Posted in The ARC on 10 December, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve received the following from HMG.
The position on the ARC website has not been updated, they are still
alive and this is what they have to say.
Yesterday was another day of absolute rubbish weather. Last night we
went through an almighty weather system, lightning, thunder all around
us. Having a large mast was not the most [...]
We are safe
Posted in The ARC on 9 December, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Just a quick message to confirm that we are all OK We are having an atrocious crossing. Last night gale 10 in storms. We are running under storm jib alone and continue to make 7+ knots. Our only aim is to get to St Lucia, don’t care if we come last, as long as we [...]
Sailmail up and running again
Posted in The ARC on 7 December, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
At 21.56 we are at 18.46.N 45.50 W – No engine hours and 914 miles left to go. They have reported winds with gusts up to 50 knots further south and the sea state is horrid.
Just finished watch but wont send this out until Friday morning. We hope to be in by Tuesday. Fingers crossed [...]
From the Atlantic onboard Helen Mary Gee
Posted in The ARC on 5 December, 2007 | 1 Comment »
All is well on board.
Yesterday we sailed into a wind pocket, or should I say windless. 5 knots of breeze. Boat speed went down to 3 knots but we struggled on. A massive weather front was to the south west of us and we saw the breeze on the water and headed towards [...]
News from the sea
Posted in The ARC on 4 December, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday we had a critical situation in that the Diesel filter to the generator cracked and we found that we had lost about a quarter of a tank of diesel into the bilges. This in the first instance meant, no engine, no generator, no recharging of batteries, hence no email, SSB, only half a [...]
