World ARC: Unforgettable Santa Marta
by World Cruising Club 17 Jan 2018 21:43 PST
World ARC: Colombia Santa Marta - Leg 2 Start - Emily Morgan © World Cruising
The skippers briefing took place yesterday afternoon at the Santa Marta club which was followed a couple of hours later by the prize giving dinner.
The participants were greeted by a local band and 6 very traditional Colombian dancers who kept them entertained for the first part of the evening. They changed their outfits depending on the style of the dance and even got the fleet involved in their last dance.
The prize giving was presented by the event manager Stefano Palumbo, where he started off giving the prizes for the World ARC fun competition; ETA competition and guessing how many participants crossed the line in St Lucia. Sailing Yacht Spirit of Catherine won the ETA competition being 6 minutes out of his actual time of arrival. S/Y Madrigal guessed the exact amount of participants crossing the line in St Lucia which was 126.
In the multihull division S/Y Cayuse (Outremer 51) placed third followed by S/Y Smoke and Roses (Leopard 47) who placed second with S/Y Spirit of Catherine (Lagoon 42) placing first in the multihull division.
In the cruising division B, in first place was S/Y Bijou (Sweden Yachts 42) with a corrected time of 4 days 13 hours 42 minutes and 32 seconds. In second place was the Hylas 54, Amara. Finally in third place was the Suisse flag yacht Aranui (X-Yachts Xc 45).
In the cruising division A, third place was awarded to the Austrian boat Adrienne (Gibsea 51). S/Y Christine (Sweden Yachts 45) placed second with a corrected time of 5 days 2 hours 55 minutes and 49 seconds. The winner of Class A was the American flagged Hylas 56, Alora.
After the prizes were given out John from S/Y Madrigal went on stage and had the fleet bid for three items he had found around Santa Marta, the money would then go to charity. After intense bidding from the participants, a hand made bag was sold for 150 US$, a toilet plunger and rubber gloves sold for 10US$ and a bottle of whiskey for 70 US$.
Today at 1200 local Santa Marta time, Lunatix was the first of the World ARC fleet to cross the line and head towards the San Blas Islands. This marks the start of Leg 2 for World ARC 2018, part of the yellow team will be awaiting the fleet at Porvenir the next couple of days.