As Majan slowly motored into The Wave marina in Muscat, the 200+ strong crowd rose their flags into the air to welcome the crew finally home.
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As if nature has grouped together to welcome us home, we have been met by a pod of spinner dolphins, three  large whales, one bat (that is currently hung upside down in the engine compartment) and a school of flying fish big enough to walk on.

[Enjoy the video below]
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Today is the 12th of May; we have just crossed the final finish line off Cape Ras Al Hadd at 23:29:30 GMT. As is the same with so many ocean voyages, we’re happy to have finished safely, but sad that it’s all over. By the time we get to the dock 140 nm from here we will have logged 20,419 nm sailed. The sun is rising over us and more poignantly it’s rising over Oman. We are home!   [See video below of Mohsin, Mohammed and Ali crossing the Finish Line]
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We have tacked out last tack, gybed out last gybe and seen our last racing sunrise. After a long starboard tack out from the coast of India we are now in the Arabian Gulf and 300 miles from Cape Ras Al Hadd. ‘In on one’, was the last call from the navigator. That means no more manoeuvres and into the mark on one tack. At present the wind is blowing a cooling 11 knots true from 305º. That puts us a good 30º under the lay line for the finish. The forecast is for it to lift us and get stronger. If it does it will put us back on target and send Majan galloping across the finish like a home sick horse (if a horse did actually get home sick?)  Read the full story

When you look back over all our blogs from Majan we each talk about things we have seen, things that we have felt, things that we have experienced. So many times the subject has been during the hours of daylight. It would be easy to think we stop sailing in the dark, drop our sails and all get a good night sleep. The reality is we race just as hard during the night as we do during the day. Read the full story

Estimated time of arrival (ETA) – some we keep talking about on board, but what does that mean? So with all the information at out disposal right now, we estimate a time we will be there. Read the full story

Welcome on board Majan and to the Indian Ocean 5 Capes menu. This week we are serving, chicken with rice, chicken with couscous, chicken with pasta. Fish with rice, fish with couscous, fish with pasta. Beef with rice, beef with etc, etc, are you getting the picture? Read the full story

The whole crew sat on deck staring at the magical sight of palm trees, golden sand beaches, beautiful clean surf breaking and the temptation of a cool drink with real ice. Mohsin used the island phone signal and took the chance to ring his wife and find out how their newborn baby was getting on. His face shone almost as bright as the setting sun behind us.  [See video below - Mohsin talks about Leg 5 and going home to Oman].
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A bit like a steam train crossing the Indian continent, we powered up the coast of Kerala, eventually coming close to land just off the town of Kolachel. We had originally planned to tack out again further off shore but the wind was holding, and the draw of slowly converging with the interesting coastline kept us going for a bit longer. Read the full story

On the last leg Mohammed and Mohsin gave you the on deck tour of Majan.
Today we go below into the heart of this majestic giant of a yacht to reveal all about our working and living quarters.
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