by First Class Sailing | Nov 8, 2011 | Global Ocean Race
We’ve been at sea exactly three weeks today and we’ve just passed the island of Fernnando da Noronha, which we had to leave to port to pass through the Fastnet Marine scoring gate. We are currently holding 4th position, which suits us as we are still...
by First Class Sailing | Nov 8, 2011 | Global Ocean Race
I have totally lost count of the days, we are into the 4th week at sea I believe, last night I had to wear a thermal as it is starting to get chilly at night, I still find it amusing to see the weather changing as we move on the globe…. you start somewhere on...
by First Class Sailing | Nov 8, 2011 | Global Ocean Race
We are beating our brains to mash into the south-easterlies, not too bad so far, staysail and one reef in solid 20 knots, boat slamming, waves crashing across the cockpit, it’s wet out there, cant find a strong enough reason to be there, sleeping under a warm...
by First Class Sailing | Nov 8, 2011 | Global Ocean Race
Back to basics on Financial Crisis after loss of wind instruments Short blog today, just after sunset yesterday all hell broke loose like someone had pressed a giant button that said mayhem. The wind very suddenly piped up from 20 to 30 knots, we were pinned down with...
by First Class Sailing | Nov 8, 2011 | Global Ocean Race
We are now into our fifth week at sea, tomorrow it’ll be a month we’left Palma, it’s a bloody long time! Longer than I have ever been, with 22 days at the Route du Rhum my previous longest… Yet, here, with the current complex forecast, we...
by First Class Sailing | Nov 8, 2011 | Global Ocean Race
After a windless night where frustration run high we picked some wind restoring some of the lost faith in the concept of sailing a freaking boat from A to B without murdering anyone. I sometimes shout my lungs out to the elements, not so much with Paul on the boat, as...
