Hull & Humber - Crew Blog

Back to normality

10 November 2007

After the trials and tribulations of the past few days, it’s been good to get back to racing with a steady setup. Today has been glorious; sun, strong winds and big seas (7 - 8m), with the boat roaring along under the main and poled out head sail, a real…

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Pilchard’s Letterblog

07 November 2007

Dear Mrs Cashmore

It comes with deep regret that we seem to have overlooked your favourite crew member on board the Hull&Humber. When we heard about your email,…

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Sailing by night

05 November 2007

Sailing by night brings a whole new set of challenges, but also brings the best rewards.  Not only do you have to remember how to sail the boat but you…

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The Tag Team Interview

05 November 2007

Paul Langham and Laura Beaumont are two members of the ten-strong ONE Hull Tag Team sailing round the world in Clipper 07-08 as part of a initiative to encourage young…

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I never did see the whale!

04 November 2007

We’re heading south-east towards the waypoint at the Cape.The last few days have seen us steadily pull through the fleet after our medivac off the Brazilian coast.

Everyone…

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Malcom’s first blog

03 November 2007

H & H Blog for Nov 2nd

Ordered to write a blog by the powers that be, i.e. the skipper, this blog virgin’s first challenge was to find…

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A dream come true

02 November 2007

At last we have some worthwhile wind and are now powering across the ocean with much bravado and some relief.  Having got back into the race it was indeed frustrating…

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Spam, spam, spam, spam

01 November 2007

So it’s Hallowe’en, in the “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”; a million miles away from this endless, gentle swooshing through blue water, going to sleep and getting up four…

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Without a clew…

30 October 2007

Since we have transferred Sam onto the Brazilian battleship we have been striving to get back into the race and this has meant many kite hoists and drops some of…

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Dear Sam

27 October 2007

Here we are in the South Atlantic; only one down but a big gap to fill. Sam, you are definitely missed! We’re all keeping everything crossed that you’ll be fit…

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Au revoir to Sam

27 October 2007

Today was big day for all of as we bid au revoir to Sam as the Brazilian Navy took him away for treatment.

After monitoring Sam for 36…

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A new legger’s view of the race

25 October 2007

After sailing last night and this morning off the east coast of Brazil there are no longer any yachts visible on the horizon. It was interesting to see the fleet…

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Back to boat food again

24 October 2007

Finally out on the water it was great to see all ten yachts ready for action after a lot of hard work and efforts from many to repair badly damaged…

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End of term report

17 October 2007

After several days of feeling fed up and a bit miserable, everyone on board seems to be enjoying something of an ‘end of term’ atmosphere.

We may be…

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A visit from Neptune

13 October 2007

The crew of the Hull and Humber were subjected to rigorous punishment from Neptune, the god of the sea, as they crossed the Equatorial line on Saturday.

Skipper…

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Out of the Doldrums

13 October 2007

Yay! Finally made it out of the ITCZ… We found the ‘squall that just doesn’t stop’ but it’s hard to be miserable in warm rain even if it does go…

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Spinnaker tales

07 October 2007

During the night we suddenly had no winds off the coast of Cape Verde which slowed our progress, this meant we had a call of all hands on deck to…

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Flying fish and spinnakers

05 October 2007

Perhaps prompted by continued unbroken heat and sunshine, activity aboard Hull & Humber today has taken another bizarre twist. Following the visit of Vinyl SuperMatt, a second visitation by a…

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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it’s…

03 October 2007

This is the continuing story of the electric kool aid Humber quest and fight between good and evil on Hull & Humber. To recap, in the last episode you may…

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Picking up speed

02 October 2007

After a frustrating start to the day with the boat again barely moving, Hull &Humber was making good progress by this evening. By putting up the correct sails and keeping…

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