Bella Donna is docked in Rodney Harbor in Saint Lucia waiting for our arrival. The Rodney Harbor Marina is the finish for the ARC -this annual transatlantic rally starting each November in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, has now become the most popular way to cross the Atlantic. The largest transocean sailing event in the world, every year the ARC brings together over 150 yachts from all over the world. The Caribbean destination is Rodney Bay in St.Lucia, one of the most beautiful islands in the Lesser Antilles. The 2700 nautical mile passage on the NE tradewind route takes on average between 12 and 24 days. Here we see the view from Bella Donna through many of the sail boats that just crossed the Atlantic, a passage that we made last year via Cape Verdes in about 15 days with 2 late season hurricanes in the middle of the Atlantic. One of these hurricanes hit the Canary Islands a couple of days after we departed to make our way down the west coast of Africa. We are a little late for the end-of-rally parties; however, some boats are still comming in. Most of the bioat crews went home for Christmas and have not returned.