Why did you fly?

Whilst the seven day sail to the Cape Verde's was fine, it was also exhausting and even though the winds were relatively light it was rolly enough to prevent sleep. The thought of up to 21 days of that and with the likelihood of stronger winds filled me with apprehension and I am afraid I bottled out. Scruffbag was going to sail single-handedly but then we met Matt and Rosie.

They had both travelled extensively despite their youth (27 and 24) and had then been given a Jaguar 30 in need of work. They had been living on it for a year and had decided to take the winter off and hitchhike crewing on an Atlantic crossing to get experience. Although they had not done much sailing, they had lived on a small boat and, more importantly, we liked them, although really it was only important that Scruffbag liked them.

So it was Scruffbag, Matt and Rosie to  Barbados on board Erica and Anne to Barbados by plane to stay in a cheap Airbnb to await their arrival.