After starting the first leg in St. Lucia in a driving rain squall, we headed towards our first waypoint off Peninsula de la Guajira in northeastern Colombia, 620 miles west. The wind was blowing from almost due east, which had us jibing downwind for the next 3 days. We stayed below the rhumbline for most of the leg with next to last jibe occurring about 4 miles north of Aruba. We saw winds of between 15 and 27 knots with higher gusts in the squalls. The highest wind and waves were Sunday night and Monday morning when we had winds steady at 23 to 25 knots and seas at 10 to 12 feet. After reaching our turning point and heading the last 200 miles to Santa Marta, the wind lightened up and we sailed with the Code 0 and Code D, at times surfing to 17 knots. We arrived in Santa Marta around midnight and we were the third boat to arrive in the fleet, covering about 820 miles over the leg. We are spending a few days here exploring Santa Marta and the surrounding beaches and Tayrona National Park. The boat and crew did well and we did not have any major equipment issues.