Landfall in Tortola

Five days ago Alchemy made landfall in Nanny Cay, Tortola. After 1,464 miles and (roughly) 11d 13h 0m 1s at sea, we came  into Tortola at 11:45pm at night. As I think the oldest boat in the fleet (Alchemy is 40 years old), we started 4-5 hours late and managed to run through the fleet to finish second in class. A big thank you to Scott, Rick, Jere and Jim, my friends and crew who managed to install five chainplates hours before departure, and to be a great crew beating to weather for 8 straight days!

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