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Conquering the World's oceans and circumnavigating the globe is sure to throw up a story or two. Get the inside track on race conditions, crew experiences and general life onboard right here in our blog.
Neep of Faith
25 June 2008
Dear Fans of the Black Pearl - this blog comes to you courtesy of the Neeps watch as we find ourselves seven days of sailing away from Ireland with Gordon certain that the Guinness smells that much stronger. What’s more, as we break the thousand miles barrier, Neeps have heard…
Windholes and Beavers
21 June 2008
Those of you watching the race viewer must be tapping your computer screens in disbelief at our lack of progress towards Cork. This is as a result of being stuck…
Welcome to Race 13
17 June 2008
Welcome to Race 13, the penultimate race in the Clipper Round the World roller coaster.
Carlsberg don’t do race starts but if they did the Sydney start would…
Windows of Wind
05 June 2008
This blog comes to you from south of Nantucket Shoals with Boston now just around the corner. After a long night I am keen to enjoy the recuperation of my…
Wow - What a Night!
01 June 2008
I guessed it wouldn’t be long after joining the boat in Jamaica before I would be asked to write a couple of lines for the website. It seems to be…
New Skills!!!
28 May 2008
We are now almost a week into our seventh and final leg, and as a “Round the Worlder” I would like to reflect on some of the changes that I…
First day of term
25 May 2008
It’s the first day of term back at Miss Jenner’s Academy for Caledonian Sea Cadets and lessons started promptly at 0800 after yesterday’s traditional send off by the Chair of…
Boat maintenance
12 May 2008
This morning we awoke to see land for the first time in nearly 3 weeks and the radio picked up the local Costa Rican station getting us all in the…
Whose bright idea was this?
06 May 2008
What senior moment convinced a non-sailor like me that I could do this? Those were the initial thoughts that first day on board as I struggled to remember the Clipper…
Ode to spinnakers
03 May 2008
As Andrew said in the previous blog, “some people love spinnakers, others hate them.” Me? I love them, though I’ve yet to reach the helming standards displayed by Jingjing, our…
Light airs downwind
30 April 2008
Here we are on Glasgow: Scotland with style Clipper on a beautiful hot sunny day with blue sky and hardly a cloud in sight sailing down along the Baja California…
From Glasgow’s own Nora Batty
26 April 2008
New arrivals found the Black Pearl prominent in Santa Cruz harbour where we were treated like family. On Sunday over 100 people paid an impromptu visit to look over Glasgow:…
What a race
17 April 2008
Well what a race that was over the last ten days. Firstly beating on a starboard tack at an angle and at over 8 knots; then it was spinnaker time…
The Snake Pit
14 April 2008
Many of you reading this may know exactly what the snake pit is, but others may wonder what it is, where it is or even why we should need to…
Sea legs missing action
08 April 2008
Day 2 of race 8 and it’s been about two and a half weeks since we last raced the Black Pearl, quite a few of us are feeling it! All…
Looking foward to Hawaii
16 March 2008
When we left Qingdao just over 3 weeks ago little did we think the race would unexpectedly end with a 5 day sunshine cruise. It has taken some effort, but…
Greg’s blog
14 March 2008
Those who follow the blogs and Glasgow: Scotland with style Clipper know that 6 new crew members joined in Qingdao, and it is now my turn to share a few…
Groundhog Day
11 March 2008
Oh my aching arms! What with grinding winches to tighten ropes, heaving sails on deck for hoisting, pulling ropes to hoist them and grabbing flapping sails to pull them down.…
A day of two halves
08 March 2008
Tuesday morning started well as I got out of my bunk at 6am, pulled on my oilies and brushed my teeth, all without being hurled across the boat at speed,…
Life according to angles
05 March 2008
A few days ago I was sat at the rail, minding my own business when Colin popped his head up from below and announced, “Doddsy, I want a blog from…
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