Couldn’t have had a better Atlantic crossing!

Sarah Curry

Light tradewinds for week 1 and moderate tradewinds for week 2 with short period 3m swell (an ocean passage wouldn’t be complete without a bit of discomfort 😝) Our DDW course went high of the rhumb line to Grenada, so we ended up making landfall in Barbados instead. Fabulous! MVP: the two five year olds, because they didn’t once get seasick or ask “Are we there yet?!” Instead they felt real joy as the days counted down from 14 to arrival. Oh, and Starlink, the Parasailor, and Hydrovane Equipment failure: nothing. Biggest catastrophe was loosing a bucket while cleaning a fish. The boys’ kazoos were also lost shortly after they opened that present from Granny - so sorry guys Fish: 1 Mahi, 1 Rainbow Runner, 1 Wahoo Squalls: only 3, top wind speed being 33 knots for a minute. Much shorter squalls than the Pacific! What’s still fresh: Granny Smith apples, limes, and a few pears from Las Palmas What didn’t make it: forgotten watermelon found deflated like a soggy volleyball in our towel basket. Towels have been disposed of. We sailed as part of the ARC+ fleet - which included 94 boats, and 39 kids!! How cool is that! We had other boats within VHF range for the first week - and constantly monitored the YB App thereafter to know who was nearby. Nothing like this community to reduce the feeling of alone-ness on the big, wide, blue ocean. So excited to explore the Caribbean for a few years!!! Hope to see you out there!!

Boat & Crew

Kaia II of Vancouver

Leopard, 46

Sarah Curry

Owner