Ariadne is making her passage southwest towards the Canary Islands.  She has left the Bay of Biscay and has turned south to parallel the Spanish and Portuguese Atlantic coast.  

This routing is standard for sailing vessels making their way to the Caribbe...

Ariadne sailed from Les Sables D’Olonne today at the start of her (hopefully less than) 36 day Atlantic crossing.  We are hoping to track her progress as she ‘crosses the pond’ and I plan to make updates periodically as she passes certain key points on the voyage....

With Ariadne now in the water, and handover scheduled for the middle of the month, we are hopeful that she will be able to leave Les Sables D’Olonne on the Biscay coast of France by the end of April.  From there she will set out, her precise route somewhat weather depe...

Its official.  S/V Ariadne is now a registered vessel on the British Register of Shipping, with a formal hailing port of White Bay, Jost Van Dyke. The Register of Shipping has issued us with a “Carving & Marking Note” which we will need to satisfy in order to finalize...