Hull & Humber - Crew Blog

And now an extract from “The Diesel Hunter”.

01 October 2007

Cue music and someone looking like Robert de Niro walking into shot (Quentin?). It’s a tough job but someone has to do it. On board there is only us that we can rely on and we have to work closely together and stick close together (not so very difficult to…

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30 degrees and rising

01 October 2007

01 October 2007
Hull & Humber

A new day began with a beautiful sunrise, a family with baby dolphins in front of our bow, followed by…

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Transatlantic coaching

30 September 2007

Saturday 29 September

After the night watches enjoyed a spectacular full moon coming up from the horizon which lit the sails up enabling them to see almost as…

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A locker full of kryptonite

28 September 2007

Some of the crew of Hull & Humber have found a novel way to keep themselves amused on a day with few sail changes…

Life on board Hull…

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Storming along

27 September 2007

Excellent night watch, no problems this time round, everything went well whilst we a poled out head sail. Now with the heavy weight spinnaker patched up and ready to go…

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What a day on Hull & Humber - 26 September 2007

26 September 2007

What a day it has been here on Hull & Humber!

During the night whilst making excellent speed, flying the heavy weight spinnaker, however with the…

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Welcome to Biscay! - 24 September 2007

25 September 2007

Welcome to Biscay! After a pre-start boat briefing discussing prevailing weather patterns and the reading options for those pleasant downwind sailing days, we had the night from hell between about…

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Joined by wildlife - 25 September 2007

25 September 2007

An amazing day so far. Danny called an “all hands on deck” for a sail change. I came up from my off watch to find that we had been joined…

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Wake up to bacon butties - 19 September 2007

19 September 2007

We woke up this morning all looking forward to fresh croissants and pastries, but unfortunately we have had to make do with bacon butties! (a special treat from Fiona and…

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Tuesday morning on Hull & Humber - 18 September 2007

19 September 2007

Well it’s Tuesday morning and it’s my first go at a real mother watch -
together with Sam, from the other watch, we are responsible for all the…

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Bring It On! - 16 September 2007

17 September 2007

After completing some last minute jobs and saying our goodbyes to loved ones, we followed Durban out of the Albert Dock with Qingdao close behind. The cheering crowds on all…

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