This will be the last entry before the start, we are casting off at 9am tomorrow. We have worked on the boat all day and it is in OK shape, the biggest concern is that we are missing a genoa. They trashed tho old one last week and a new have been airfreighted from South Africa. The only thing they know is that has been in Frankfurt but since then it seems that nobody knows.

The boat.

We have really had a great time here and we have met so many different people, that i probably could write a book about this week.

The crew seems OK, but it will be interesting to see how they will cope with 2-3 weeks at sea. Hans and myself is on the B-watch and got bunks on the starboard side.

Our bunks.

Crew meeting

The boat is hase the 3rd highest rating in the race but it seems that the rating do not match the actual condition of the boat. The boat has a lot of milage but structurally it seems OK and since it is heavy we proably are going to get a smooth ride.

Erik Nordborg has run the race in Expedition to find an ideal track. But this year it is not clear since the is a big low over north europe there is an alternative route to the traditional southerly course in the tradewinds. If the boat had been in top shape we proably would have been favourde by a northern crossing, but with the strong tradewinds the southern down to 20th north is not a bad choice.

We will report our position 12.00 UMT every day so you can follow our progress on the ARC home page (Link below), but since we have no satmail we will not be able to post any comments on the internet.