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Chris
de Glanville, onboard the Jersey Clipper, has told of the crew's
delight in seeing land at the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.
He's just sent this report.
'At
midday today, exactly 21 days after we left Cascais, we sighted
the islands of Anguilla and St Martin at the northern end of the
Leeward islands. This caused great excitement amongst the crew as
it confirmed that we have now all crossed our first ocean, and even
though there are over a thousand miles to run till we reach Havana,
it was a welcome sight indeed.
The
realisation that your little boat can and has made the passage of
such distance in such a big sea gives a strong feeling of both achievement
and satisfaction.
Later today we passed very close to these islands as we made our
best course up towards the Old Bermuda Channel and then on to Havana.
Suddenly, we can hear radio messages again from other shipping in
the area, and have sighted some yachts heading for the British Virgin
Island cruising areas. There are now plenty of birds around, another
welcome sight. The skipper resisted the suggestion of some of the
crew that we should call in at Anguilla to a beach bar for a couple
of rum punches to welcome us to the Caribbean!
The weather has got progressively hotter and more humid over the
past few days, and it is now very unwinter like. The fans in the
cabins are working furiously to keep us cool, but it is little respite
during the middle of the day. Still, we could be in all the rain
and cold in UK I suppose......sigh!
It will get very interesting this next week race wise. We are now
very close to a lot of the fleet, and have designs on pulling up
a position or two. Next stop Havana!'
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