ARC 2021 - 3 (direct from SV Montana)

"On the road again. It feels good to be on the way to the Caribbean with the ARC again. As the first ship to cross the line, you can't complain about the start. However, the Genoa came out a little too late, so immediately afterwards we were overtaken by the first ships.

The first few miles were very unusual. A start against the wind is rare at the ARC and the wind blast at the airport also failed this time. After that, the first few days were characterized by the “search for the wind”. Slow sailing phases alternated with engine phases over and over again, which was not really fun. Cheating when specifying the engine hours is open again here. We tried to sail as much as possible, so it was not surprising that we were soon way behind in the ranking. After difficult 6 days with light winds, we were able to find the trade wind. As a welcome greeting we caught the first mahi mahi. Now it went in the other direction of the wind scale, wind force of almost 8Bf exactly from behind had to be mastered. Here the Montana is in its element again and we collect our competitors from behind. "

Markus Bocks, skipper

The Montana is currently the fastest ship in cruising group E and has worked its way up to 2nd place.