We may have been the smallest and oldest yacht in the Atlantic Cup, and the only crew to be competing 2 handed, but there are times when "small is beautiful". With all but one of the other competing yachts in the 40-50 ft range, taking line honours was never a realistic aspiration, but when the final results were announced late yesterday evening we were delighted to discover Cosmic Dancer had won by over 11 and a half hours on corrected time. It was a victory for perserverance. In the light ..... more

After 3 days of stifling heat and humidity in the Marina at Nanny Cay it was almost a relief to be throwing off the lines and heading out to the start line for the Atlantic Cup. However, if we had hoped to experience instant relief then we were to be disappointed. The usually reliable easterly trade winds had all but disappeared, leaving us feeling just as hot offshore as it had been in the marina. With just 8 boats on the start line there was none of the tense pre-start jostling that had ac ..... more

After almost 5 months in the tropics we will soon be setting off for colder climes.  The first leg will see us sail to Bermuda as the smallest, but hopefully not slowest, entrant in the WCC Atlantic Cup. From there we will cross the Gulf Stream to Hampton, Virginia and up the Chesapeake Bay to Annapolis. The next leg should take us to 2 of north America's greatest cities, the "Big Apple" and the "Windy City". This will be a leg which takes us into the heart of middle America, up the Hudson ..... more