{"id":34582,"date":"2015-12-08T23:53:23","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T23:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/2015\/12\/the-ballet-of-atlantic-odyssey-arrivals-continues-children-everywhere-2\/"},"modified":"2015-12-30T09:12:47","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T09:12:47","slug":"the-ballet-of-atlantic-odyssey-arrivals-continues-children-everywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/de\/2015\/12\/the-ballet-of-atlantic-odyssey-arrivals-continues-children-everywhere\/","title":{"rendered":"The ballet of Atlantic Odyssey arrivals continues, children everywhere!"},"content":{"rendered":"

On a beautifully sunny day, and after a 19 day crossing, the yachts Deiopea<\/em> and Shuti<\/em> arrived in Martinique almost at the same time, with barely a mile separating them on the finish line. The crews of the boats which had arrived in the preceding days were all waiting on the pontoon for a moving and warm welcome.<\/p>\n

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Deiopea arrives near the finish line<\/p><\/div>\n

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A warm welcome committee for Deiopea<\/p><\/div>\n

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Shuti are glad to arrive<\/p><\/div>\n

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At the end of the afternoon the catamaran\u00a0Happy Koumata<\/em>,\u00a0arrived in the marina, followed by mono-hull Lazy Bones<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0just before sunset, both in time to enjoy the second welcome cocktail organised for the Atlantic Odyssey<\/em>, and to meet up with the 85 participants already in Le Marin marina<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Happy Koumata crew<\/p><\/div>\n

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Lazy Bones crew<\/p><\/div>\n

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The evening’s entertainment came from a Martiniquais group of musicians and dancers, reinforced by Jimmy at the microphone and Nicholas from Alba<\/em> on the drums!<\/p>\n

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Jimmy and Nicolas with the musicians at the welcome cocktail<\/p><\/div>\n

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The yacht Paloma<\/em> was not able to arrive before nightfall, having a problem with their engine. After spending the night at anchor in Sainte-Anne, Marc-Anton discovered to his horror when he dove first thing in the morning to check the hull that a blade of the propeller was missing, and the shaft had been torn away from the hull. A tow was arranged and with the aid of marina staff, the boat and its crew were finally able to make it to the marina in the afternoon.<\/p>\n

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Paloma had to be towed into the marina, aided by Jean-Marie of Le Marin Marina<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Paloma family were happy to have finally made it<\/p><\/div>\n

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Meanwhile, the catamaran Elessis<\/em> and the monohull Walden<\/em> finished their voyage after a comfortablle crossing without any problems.<\/p>\n

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The family crew of Elessis<\/p><\/div>\n

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Walden’s crew happy to have made it across<\/p><\/div>\n

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This was not the case for Lord Jim<\/em>, whose autopilot broke down only three hours after leaving Lanzarote. The crew were dedicated enough to decide to continue and hand steer this 40 foot yacht throughout the crossing, totalling an impressive 480 hours at the tiller!<\/p>\n

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The brave crew from Lord Jim after 30 days hand steering!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Amongst these eight boats, four crews of families were able to bring together 12 children in total, all very happy to find their friends again and spend time stretching their legs on the pontoons!<\/p>\n

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