We made it to Grenada!
We've now sailed 7,100 miles since we left Southampton in May and we've made it to the Caribbean.
We got to Grenada after 13 days at sea, arriving at 08.40 Grenada time on Thursday.
The last couple of days at sea were the most rainy and squally, we had a squall of 39 knots early on the last morning. We finally got some proper sailing in the last couple of hours, reaching in fresh winds with Lauren hand steering us. We reefed for the last couple of miles of sailing to windward to the finish line, then got becalmed and took the reefs out, then the wind came back and we finished very powered up and heeled over!
When we got in we were greeted by some of the ARC+ staff and marina staff. We got rum punch (without Rum for us kids) and a basket of local goodies.
We had a lovely lunch ashore.
One of the best things of the last couple of days has been welcoming our friends in as they arrive. When Revelation got in we greeted them with diet coke and chocolate. When Imi Ola arrived yesterday, we greeted them with hand baked cookies, and when Myrto arrived last night we greeted them with a birthday cake because they arrived on the twin's 8th birthday.
Grenada is very hot and has also been very rainy with a few heavy downpours each day. The marina has a nice little pool so we've done a lot of swimming, we've played roblox with our friends, and chilling out after the crossing. The adults have also been doing some boat jobs. In the next few days we'll go exploring around Grenada a bit more. We're going to do an island tour with our friends on Wednesday.
