{"id":52458,"date":"2017-12-06T19:26:24","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T19:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/2017\/12\/the-first-two-yachts-arrive-in-barbados-at-the-end-of-a-successful-atlantic-crossing\/"},"modified":"2017-12-06T23:37:03","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T23:37:03","slug":"the-first-two-yachts-arrive-in-barbados-at-the-end-of-a-successful-atlantic-crossing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/fr\/2017\/12\/the-first-two-yachts-arrive-in-barbados-at-the-end-of-a-successful-atlantic-crossing\/","title":{"rendered":"The first two yachts arrive in Barbados at the end of a successful Atlantic crossing"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first two yachts from a combined fleet of 36 sailing boats arrived in Barbados late on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n

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Sea Dragon<\/em> had left Tenerife on 18 November and in spite of several days of light winds, completed the 2700 miles passage the Canary Islands in 17 days.<\/p>\n

The 72-foot Sea Dragon<\/em> is helped into its berth in the Shallow Draft facility of the port of Bridgetown<\/p><\/div>\n

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The crew of Sea Dragon<\/em> happy to be here<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sea Dragon<\/em> was followed a few hours later by the New Zealand Rogue<\/em> that had taken the alternative start from Mindelo in the Cape Verde Islands on 23 November.<\/p>\n

As in previous years, these purely amateur events aimed at cruising sailors have attracted many families with children. Among a total of 135 sailors are several families with children with a total of 18 young sailors under 18 years of age.<\/p>\n

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The first children to make landfall in the Caribbean were Nathan, Bradley and Luke Tucker of Rogue<\/em>. During the crossing of the Atlantic some of them have been communicating with children of similar ages from a number of schools in Barbados.<\/p>\n

The next Atlantic Odyssey<\/em> boat to arrive is the Swedish Voyageur<\/em> due in the next few hours.<\/p>\n

Voyageur arrival<\/p><\/div>\n

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Voyageur crew<\/p><\/div>\n

Carlisle Bay<\/p><\/div>\n

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