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Communication…
13 December 2007
There was a slight misunderstanding yesterday afternoon: “All ‘ands on deck!” came the call from above. So Anne, on mother watch and loitering with intent to make lunch, duly put her oilies on and went up to help out. “No, I meant all ‘ands on deck!” said Danny. “Anne is…
All together now…
13 December 2007
Another bitterly cold and dark night in the Southern Ocean flying the midweight spinnaker, everybody wondering if it will ever get warmer! When a large black cloud started to creep…
Sun and Wool
11 December 2007
It’s been a trying few days and it feels very much like we have been kicked in the teeth -all our hard work to claw our way up the leader…
Wind and Whales
09 December 2007
Having finally found some wind, Mr S. Ocean decided a nice gentle breeze wasn’t enough….and so he decided to turn up the gauge on his windometer until we were experiencing…
Farewell to the Southern Ocean
09 December 2007
We are now heading north of east and about to cross the latitude of 40 degrees south marking our invisible boundary between the Southern and Indian oceans. We only dipped…
Benji’s Big Day
06 December 2007
Today we woke up to some bear-ly believable news that Danny, our skipper, was feeling a bit grizzly. We could not bear to be without a leader in the Southern…
Searching for wind
04 December 2007
One thing I have learned about ocean racing is that no matter how good your sail plan is; no matter how good your helm and trim and no matter how…
Here’s one I made earlier
03 December 2007
More than a week at sea already, still just under 3,000 miles to go. After a fast and furious start we have had a bit of a sailing holiday -…
The end of the beginning
03 December 2007
Thirty-nine degrees south and only 2,976 nautical miles between us and Christmas on the beach. Still north of the magical 40 degrees south boundary marking the start of the famous…
Highs and lows of Race 4
01 December 2007
Well, we are now a week into Leg 3 and the crew thought it appropriate to sum up our collective first week highs and lows for you - hopefully providing…
Always competitive on Hull & Humber
30 November 2007
Right from the crew allocation day the Big Orange Boat had a competitive feel, and that’s still the case day six race three. Today we had a competition to flick…
Light winds, time zones and rig checks
30 November 2007
Today was characterised by clear blue sky and very light winds. All our efforts were directed at trying to keep the boat moving in the right direction. This is not…
Clipper Training pays off
29 November 2007
Here we are along the way to Fremantle, after a fantastic night of sailing with some great helming, trimming and with all crew morale high and hoping that we could…
Day three on Hull & Humber
28 November 2007
There didn’t seem much to report on Belief watch at the start of the day. We were still on port tack- the same as when we left the in port…
Holly’s Blog
26 November 2007
The day before leaving I had the honour of meeting Paul Boetang, the British High Commissioner, who signed the anti slavery Wilberforce petition. We then had the pleasure of taking…
Crew changeover
26 November 2007
Race day and the crew from Hull & Humber were raring to go following a fantastic stopover in Durban. Despite lots of hard work, repairing, maintaining and restocking the Big…
Atlantic memories
18 November 2007
We’re all feeling totally elated at having taken line honours after such a close finish. We finally took the lead with about 25 miles to go, and then it was…
Angst and Anchors
13 November 2007
This morning was my birthday, an occasion best forgotten at my advanced years but not to be; my fellow crew had rustled up some very original presents; a beer which…
24 hours (almost) in the life of Quentin Thompson
12 November 2007
So it was approaching 10:00pm and change of watch and we were steaming along at around eleven to 12 knots with the heavyweight spinnaker flying and the night was pitch…
Most memorable experience
11 November 2007
Laura Beaumont – roving reporter on Hull & Humber asking the local crew the following question….
What has been your most memorable experience since leaving Salvador?…
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