{"id":52723,"date":"2017-12-10T23:30:39","date_gmt":"2017-12-10T23:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/2017\/12\/atlantic-odyssey-barbados-arrivals-10-december\/"},"modified":"2017-12-10T23:41:55","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T23:41:55","slug":"atlantic-odyssey-barbados-arrivals-10-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/de\/2017\/12\/atlantic-odyssey-barbados-arrivals-10-december\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlantic Odyssey – Barbados arrivals 10 December"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Christmas trees bring a festive spirit to the centre of Barbados and the small boat harbour, each tree representing a Commonwealth country. Most trees were decorated by the pupils of various local schools.<\/p>\n

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Santa Claus arrives early in Barbados.<\/p>\n

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The Barbados Yacht Club<\/em> organises every year a Christmas party for members\u2019 children, to which the young participants in the Atlantic Odyssey<\/em> were also invited.<\/p>\n

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Charline and L\u00e9onie of Luna Bay<\/em> look on expectantly as Santa Claus is handing out presents to the exciting crowd.<\/p>\n

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Two-year old Amina of Mirabella<\/em> was the first Atlantic Odyssey child to be called<\/p>\n

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And was soon followed by Bradley of Rogue<\/em><\/p>\n

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And his brother Luke.<\/p>\n

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L\u00e9onie\u2019s long wait was finally over<\/p>\n

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And so was that of sister Charline<\/p>\n

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Ja\u00ebl, Amina and Andr\u00e9 of Mirabella<\/em> posing with the yacht club mascot, and two Christmas fairies.<\/p>\n

As night fell over Carlisle Bay, the children\u2019s party was followed by a welcome party for participants in the Atlantic Odyssey<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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The crew of Manw\u00e9<\/em>, happy to have arrived just in time for the party.<\/p>\n

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Today\u2019s first arrival was that of Triton<\/em>, whose crew were very happy to be here even if they had missed the welcome party.<\/p>\n

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The arrival of Anemone<\/em>, at less than 30 feet the Swedish yacht being the smallest in this year\u2019s rally, but having made a fast passage for her size.<\/p>\n

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The last boat to cross the finish line this Sunday was Tamour\u00e9<\/em>, both her crew and the organisers of the Atlantic Odyssey,<\/em> being happy and relieved by their safe landfall.<\/p>\n

A string of mysterious leaks, reported soon after the boat had left the Cape Verdes, had got us all concerned for the crew\u2019s safety. Fortunately they were all detected and dealt with.<\/p>\n

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Three more boats are expected to arrive on Monday, Falkor, Jajapami<\/em> and Mariposa<\/em>, with Shamrock<\/em> and Wellis<\/em> due on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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