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| Land Ahoy! |
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| Written by Lin & Rachel at sea | |
| Saturday, 16 February 2008 | |
This will be the last blog from the boat as the next will be on dry land! How good does that sound after the emotional rollercoaster of the last 76 days.
 Last night couldn’t have been more perfect too. The moon was shining, the sky was full of stars and the wind and waves were with us all the way. For those of you who kept telling us to savour every moment, we’re so pleased that we had last night as our final night out here as that was the type of night we wanted to remember.  In the middle of the night, Lin had a rather amusing moment with a bird that at first seemed a little curious and was flying quite close to the boat but then got a little too curious for Lin as it started to get right up close to her face. So much so, she could see the birds eyes – it clearly didn’t understand about personal space! Rachel came out to find Lin waving a piece of rope around and shooing at the bird, which she found very funny. It would appear our tracking unit isn’t working again and as we’ve now put the liferaft back in it’s position, we’re unable to change the fuse again so we’re now sending regular position updates to Race HQ. According to our GPS we have just 24.5 nautical miles left to go. We have to contact Antigua and Barbuda Search and Rescue when we get to 20 nautical miles to go and they will meet us at the finish line. We’ve been getting a few things ready for our arrival – another bottle of champagne believe it or not – this is a special one that was given to us by Ainsley Harriett when we appeared on Ready Steady Cook. Also getting cameras, VHF Radio, GPS (deck one went kaput a while ago) etc. Oh and tissues for when we start blubbing – happy tears of course. Thank you so much for all of the support we have had during our challenge. We’ve had over 1,200 messages so far and they’re still coming in. It has been incredible how many people have been in touch and from so many different countries too. However, remember to keep reading our blog as we will be adding to it from Antigua – there is some news from our journey that we haven’t yet shared with you!!! We’ll also be posting updates about events that we have lined up (Brixham Try A Boat Weekend in May and Women’s Henley Regatta in June) and we intend to have a big campaign closing party to celebrate our achievement towards the end of June, which is when we officially finish the campaign with Breast Cancer Care.  This is Barbara Ivy – almost mission accomplished! Estimated time of arrival 10.30pm GMT (6.30pm local time).Love and Hugs to you all from Lin & Rachel |
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