Official Start Date of ARC 2012 Postponed!!!

Due to the weather, the one thing that is in charge at all times, the official start date of ARC 2012 has been postponed. The racing devision (which we don't belong to) will still start Sunday, and thus will encounter up to 6m (18feet) waves with 25+knots of wind on the nose. The rest, like us, will sit tight until Tuesday. Official new start date for the non-racers is now November 27, 2012. This is the first time since 1989 that the ARC start date has been postponed.
The good thing about this is that we have 2 full additional days to keep preparing, which means Rolf is right now having his first afternoon nap since we arrived in Las Palmas ;-)
The bad side is that the delay screws up my provisioning planning. I received my order of veggies and fruits yesterday, which means those will be two days older already by the start of the trip. Maybe nothing to worry about, but with the warm temperatures during the day I'm a little bit concerned... Ah well, I could stock up a little more on Monday if I have to. We'll see.
On another note: the rest of the crew, Richard and JoAnne, have arrived safely last night. Welcome!

Veggies and Fruit all over the place...

...getting ready to be put away for the trip.