Yes, another party! The theme was 'Tobago Caribbean Carnival', and this was the result...Mark T, Andrew Bishop (MD of the World Cruising Club) and me. Simply the best fancy dress party we had all been to for at least 10 years we reckon. The boat is now just about ready and today has been spent buying extra spare ropes and pulleys to allow us to deploy an extra sail. With today's forecast at the Skippers' Brief, it looks like winds will be light so we may have to learn to use the spinnaker sail after all! This will be the last blog entry for a while with pictures attached, so text only for the next few weeks. We depart the marina tomorrow morning at about 1030 with the other 220 boats. That will be interesting....! We are leaving all of the fenders out and expecting some 'close contact' on exit.... We cross the start line at 1300 and that's it, we're off. The whole crew is really excited and there is a real buzz thoughout the pontoons and on all of the ARC boats. The atmosphere is electric here, but quite relaxing. No panicking until at least tomorrow when we finally realise what we have let ourselves into...! So, fireworks, jazz band and happy hour tonight, then back tomorrow after we have left the marina, hopefully still in one piece. Then, it's only 2700 Nm to go....