by firstclass | Jun 8, 2012 | Global Ocean Race
We have arrived in Les Sables D’Olonne taking second place Just a brief message to say we are in Les Sables D’Olonne, even the last few hours of this Global Ocean Race have been quite intense with a front sweeping over our heads giving us winds gusting 45...
by firstclass | Jun 6, 2012 | Global Ocean Race
Today is the last full day at sea for us, in around 24 hours we should be making landfall and reach Les Sables D’Olonne and bring to a conclusion this epic jurney. We’ve been making very good progrees with strong following winds pushing us for days but the...
by firstclass | Jun 6, 2012 | Global Ocean Race
Progress in the last couple of days has been fantastic. Last week we had to take a difficult choice to slow down to avoid the worst of a severe depression that was about to cross our path, as it turned out we saw some horrible conditions and had some damage to sails,...
by firstclass | Jun 1, 2012 | Global Ocean Race
I’ve just had a dinner of rice with a thai green sauce and a peanut bar for desert, slowly recovering from the busy day. The gale we faced yesterday left us with a few issues to deal with. We had chosen a route that kept us away from the very worst of the...
by firstclass | May 29, 2012 | Global Ocean Race
I will certainly remember leg five of the Global Ocean Race as the one where time expanded, we’re not even half way and i feel like i’ve been on this boat for 9 consecutive months. Perhaps the anticipation for the imminent finish of the whole race plays...
by firstclass | May 22, 2012 | Global Ocean Race
Last night was tough, in fact some of the worst we’ve seen in the entire race. After we left Charleston we received a warning of an approaching tropical storm with winds potentially up to 55knots, the night was approaching and we had already reduced sail to 3...
