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[STILL AFLOAT]

Sorry, if this , is in the wrong place ??
I do not understand, the current situation ? Borris, is doing Uturn after Uturn, depending on his mood. Disrupting peoples holidays, with arbitrary quarantines etc ! So, ok, having paid the exorbitant fee, to get to Las Palmas, for 3 free days, dingy races and " Free " T shirts ??
Yes, St Lucia, accepts, that any boats, spending more than 14 days at sea, will be virus free...However, in the Racing Class, if any boats, get to St Lucia , before the 14 days are up, yes their arrival time , will be registered, but they will have to anchor off, until the 14 days, are up !
Then What ?? All the different islands, with different rules ? Imagine sailing to the next island, then get told, you must quarantine for 2 weeks ? This years Caribbean tour, could end up being a disaster of 14 days quarantine, every time you move to a different island ? Yet supposedly 170 boats, have signed up, for the ARC ? At the moment, Las Palmas is being monitored, by the Gov, due to a spike in infections !
I hope, all goes well.......but that, sort of flies in the face, of reality .

 

[davidej]

Would contacting the ARC organization be the best way to get an answer?

Or is this just an observation?

 

[FlyingGoose]

This is not an arc problem this is the cansries government, the Caribbean governments and the moral conscious of the sailors . Laws are un place for a reason and if the ARC can run their operation safely why not, but I suspect the situation which is constantly fluid hence why people should not moan about their holidays as they were warned it could happen

 

[Buck Turgidson]

What the hell has this to do with Boris?
And why would anyone pay to sail the atlantic?

If you want to vent you might be better aiming it at China............

 

[sailaboutvic]

@ still afloat , mate us cruisers been dealing with the problem since May as we go country to country not knowing what we find when we arrive or if the rules change while at sea .
Like any other cruising problem , we just have to deal with it .

 

[LittleSister]

And the other unknown is if you and/or your crew test positive before you've left or, worse still, go down with it after you've set off.

 

[Graham376]

A mate on nearby mooring has cancelled his ARC entry for mixed reasons, the main reason being the potential virus lock-down situation and secondly, to be in EU waters on 31/12.