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A toast to Hull & Humber
08 July 2008
Hull & Humber Toast
by Nigel Rose
I would like to raise a toast to a very special lady that we have all come to love over the past ten months and with whom, some crew, I think, have been having an illicit affair.
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Our last blog
04 July 2008
There’s been a lot of last things recently; this final leg seems to have been going on forever and yet the last 10 months have gone scarily quickly. The sun…
The end of an era
03 July 2008
It is hard to think that in a few days time I’ll be back at home after 10 months of action packed sailing, travel, discovery and adventure.
I…
Final thoughts
28 June 2008
We continue to race hard and it has got more difficult as the skill level across the fleet has increased with each race over the past 10 months. We have…
Fetch the spoon - the boom’s fallen in the brew!
27 June 2008
It’s all part of it. Becalmed on water like glass in the wide Sargasso Sea. Peering through fog on the Grand Banks, looking for icebergs. Dolphins dancing through sparkling phosphorescence. …
Life is full of contrasts
26 June 2008
Leg 7 has certainly produced some interesting and varied experiences: shiny seas with no wind from Jamaica, thick fog all the way from Manhattan through New York Harbour (at least…
No regrets
23 June 2008
How cold can it get in June?!!? Midsummer’s Day tomorrow and here I am in a grand total of six layers (no oily jacket, fleecy hat or big mitts because…
Glad To Be Back Onboard
23 June 2008
So it’s been about five months since I last wrote a blog onboard Hull & Humber, that was on leg 3 heading across from Durban To Fremantle in Western Australia,…
On the wet road again
19 June 2008
Joining in Halifax and taking part in the democracy 250 race was an amazing experience. Took me a day or so to get my sea legs as it was really…
Fog, freeeezing, food and fun!
18 June 2008
We’ve had fog for the last two days now. It comes with a mixture of wind, sun or no wind at all!
Freezing, it’s quite cold…
“Very little wind to play with!”
17 June 2008
In the evening of Day 2 of Race 13 the fog is starting to lift and we can see at least a couple of the clipper fleet. After a day…
Goodbye Nova Scotia
17 June 2008
The hospitality of Nova Scotia will long be remembered.
Arriving on Friday 13th in force 7, gusting force 8, we were very cold and wet. The…
Halifax to Sydney D250
13 June 2008
After a great visit to Halifax giving me a chance to catch up with a few of my relatives who live there, sample some of the fantastic hospitality and many…
Great end to a grey race
07 June 2008
It has been an interesting few days. Nearly blinked and missed New York (actually great, though a little short, stopover). Then the fog came down and we sailed out of…
Give us a clue
05 June 2008
Finally the winds picked up after a rather slow start with the fleet heading in all directions. For a moment or two it did look like no one had a…
Farewell New York
04 June 2008
Ok so that was New York, in and out in two days. We managed a night and a half day looking around downtown Manhattan, taking in the night time view…
Hull City aren’t the only ones to be promoted
01 June 2008
Well……. This is my third race and I’ve now been promoted to deputy skipper, my new daily routine is to check the radar screen and positions of the rest of…
Wind instruments but no wind
30 May 2008
So far Race 11 has had everything: a hard-fought sprint to determine the line positions for the Le Mans start, motoring to Cuba, a lot of wind in the first…
Day 5 on the Big Orange Boat
29 May 2008
After motoring to Cuba we restarted the race – Le Mans style… all ten boats lined up with head sails down and the crew in the cockpit poised ready to…
Change of Scenery
28 May 2008
As we started the race from Jamaica to New York we made good progress. Today will be the first time for me to follow rather than be one of the…
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