Clipper Round the World 09-10
Our homecoming is less than 200 miles away! What a cracker of a race we are having here on Cork, as I write this blog we are still getting great winds and boat speeds all in the right direction to our first home port of call Kinsale.
We expect to round the Fastnet Rock to starboard (on the right hand side) tomorrow in daylight. The excitement amongst all of the crew is growing hourly! Despite the pains and aches amongst many of us, due to the hard work that driving this boat involves, our spirits and the level of commitment and work by this crew is outstanding, day and night and no matter what the weather throws at us.
Along with the hard work in leading the fleet of the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race into Cork we have had lots of fun and special moments onboard. Yesterday, our newest crew member, who joined us in Jamaica, Hugh McCarthy from Schull (West Cork) broke the onboard speed record when he surfed a fantastic wave with a speed of 17.2 knots!
Today, we celebrated Marco Giana’s (who lived and worked in Dublin for over four years) birthday with him and ‘to be sure to be sure’ with his favourite item – a homemade potato card!
The excitement of coming home is rather special this time as we will be reunited with friends and family on the quayside in both Kinsale and Cork.
We just can’t wait…
Giddy Up Cork! Phatty does surf…
See you soon,
Jacqui Browne
Homecoming - by Jacqui Browne (Cork, Ireland)
26 June 2010
Our homecoming is less than 200 miles away! What a cracker of a race we are having here on Cork, as I write this blog we are still getting great winds and boat speeds all in the right direction to our first home port of call Kinsale.
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Pray for good breeze - by Tom Breen (Cork, Ireland)
23 June 2010
Cork departed Sydney yesterday with a Race Start at 4pm. Very strange as we were the only boat to start, so not the usual jostling for position on the line with the other yachts in the fleet, although there was one rather enthusiastic local yachtee-spectator trying to get between us and the line which made it a little interesting.
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Fixing a wobble - by Mike Lewis (Cork, Ireland)
22 June 2010
Almost a week into what for some is our final, and for others our first, ocean crossing of this race, and there have certainly been plenty of things to remember it for. While we still try to keep the chasing fleet at bay – Jamaica Lightning Bolt are now only 150 miles behind us, and gaining all the time – life on Cork has been the opposite of dull!
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