The World ARC organisers hosted a prizegiving ceremony last night for leg 2 of the rally from Las Perlas to Galapagos which was around 850 miles with very little wind!
Trompeta was awarded first prize for our class of boats for coming in ahead of several others who had to motor a lot of the way wheras although we went a long way south we kept wind up until the last couple of days so our motoring penalty was not as great as some other boats who crossed the finish line ahead of us. There were 22 boats out of 30 who motored more than half the leg!! Trompeta was going for the green prize so we tried to sail as much as we could. We narrowly pipped Glamouras Galah (an ex Moorings charter boat from the BVI) to the post. See the website gallery for photos from last night!
After the awards ceremony we headed off to a lovel restaurant called Isla Grill where we have eaten many times since we arrived so did not get back to the boat until pretty late. It was an early start this morning to the Saturday Farmers Market which was fantastic with lots of good fresh produce for sale. The water taxi picked us up at 6am to go to the market and we were back on the boat by 7.15am all provisioned up now. Just need to get some last minute stuff today as I want to do at least 2 meals before we leave.
Peter checks out with immigration tomorrow morning at 8am then we are ready to leave at 12 noon along with the rest of the fleet. The trip to French Polynesia will take around 3 weeks so no internet for a while now.
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