• Sea-me active radar reflector
• Sounder to sea-me
• Cruising Almanac 2009/2010
• Navionics Gold - Europe
• "Cyalume" sticks - for grabbag
• Food rations - for grabbag
• Liferaft fishing kit - for grabbag
• Survival blankets - for grabbag

The ARC equipment regulations state that the liferaft should be equipped with the service pack for rescue after 24 hours. To save some money we have bought our Viking liferaft without this pack and intend to make the needed upgrades by ourselves and put them in the grabbag. Viking wants about 6000 SEK for the extra kit but we think we'll be able to get the things for less than 1000 SEK.

Today I sent an email to the American company asking them what's happening with my battery tray. They have promised to send it to me for free since they never told me that the VHF I ordered had been discontinued and replaced. But that was almost two weeks ago. I got a quick reply from my contact, but he didn't know where it was and had to call the factory. I just hope it gets here before we leave. / Captain Ingerup

We have decided to buy a Viking Rescue Pro liferaft, one of the best there is to get. This is not a decision made by me or Sofia, it's my dad's. The liferaft has to meet the ARC safety regulations, of course there are other less expensive rafts that do, but my dad wants to be sure that we have the best chance of survival if anything goes wrong. Who can blame him? Having his two dothers in the same yacht at the Atlantic Ocean, only the best is good enough. We have ordered the liferaft from Sjösäkerhetskompaniet in Stockholm, and it will arrive in a month or so. Hopefully it will be the least value for money gear.

We have also ordered a DuoGen 2, which is a wind/water generator. While sailing we can troll it behind us and get all the electricity we need for our fridge, lanterns, computer, gps and lights. When anchored we rise it up into wind mode and generate electricity that way. Since DuoGen is a fixed unit there is no long line with a heavy impeller. That makes it easier to get it out of the water and there is no risk of losing it to a hungry shark. This is also due to arrive in about a month. More pictures will come when it is mounted.

/ Captain Ingerup

Voilá! Here are some sketches of a
"Cantare" t-shirt for the crew.
What do you think? Any ideas of a nice motive instead of the little logo?

What are we going to do while crossing the Atlantic? 3 weeks without land in sight. Maybe we will see another boat once in a while. We will have to turn the tomatoes and eggs once a day, we will have to sunbath a few hours and we will have to read a bit. But what else is there to do?

I have solved the problem, today I bought a new game, it's called Battleship. The idea is really simple, you have to destroy the other person's ships before yours are destroyed. Maybe we will name the ships after our worst competitors in ARC2009.

/Captain Ingerup