by firstclass | Dec 30, 2011 | Global Ocean Race
There we go, did i mention anytime over the past few days that this freaking place is a bit windy? We are running under triple reefed mainsail and staysail and earlier we got flattened on the side like a dinghy in a gust that read 57.8 knots on the one...
by firstclass | Dec 19, 2011 | Global Ocean Race
I may sound boring if i reiterate that we’re still in 35-40 knots of wind, we have not seen anything less than 25 and anything up to 55 for the past week and inevitably we’ve suffered some level of damage. Australia is now only 750 miles above our heads...
by firstclass | Dec 19, 2011 | Global Ocean Race
Even the novelty of riding the back of a Southern Ocean low wears out after a while, it’s amazing what you get used to, we’ve been below, hatch closed, for the past two days pretty much eating and sleeping and riding this mad highway averaging...
by firstclass | Dec 19, 2011 | Global Ocean Race
The low that two days ago gave us a kicking upwind has moved to the SE and now we are running in the strong following winds behind the cold front. All looks ideal on paper and i’m sure it must look exciting to see us on the tracker dashing at twice the speed...
by firstclass | Dec 15, 2011 | Global Ocean Race
Storm is over, back to normality. After a couple of nasty and uncomfortable sailing days we just hoisted the small spinnaker and are finally heading east at decent speeds. The computer has recalculated the expected date of arrival in wellington and...
by firstclass | Dec 15, 2011 | Global Ocean Race
Getting away from the worst of the stormy low A few hours ago we tacked south follwing Phesheya’s example to distance ourselves from the worst of the winds of the low pressure north west of us. By the time we tacked the wind was already blowing a full force 7...
