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Great sailing under spinnaker

28 June 2008

We’re now on UTC. After nearly 10 months away, and having travelled through almost very time zone, we are pretty much back where we started. We are still an hour behind our friends and family in the UK, but as soon as we reach Cork this evening – all things…

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The things you hear…

23 June 2008

We’re still neck and neck with the orange boat. Hull & Humber are currently off our starboard side, somewhere between the beam and the quarter, depending on how well we’re…

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Fog, festivals and finishing

06 June 2008

Thick fog has encircled Jamaica since we slipped our lines from Manhattan Island. Our departure from New York under a thick band of fog, causing the photo shoot of the…

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Hard work and a bit of bad luck

01 June 2008

Once again on Jamaica we are cleaning…

We’ve scrubbed the floor boards out on deck, cleaned the heads, emptied all cupboards in the galley and attacked the dirt.…

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Feeling the excitement

27 May 2008

You can feel the excitement in the air on Jamaica. It’s day three of sailing and we are up there at the front of the fleet. We’ve never sailed so…

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Windseeker sailing

04 May 2008

This is the first time since race start day that we’ve taken down the kite and hoisted the white sails. Unfortunately, the sail in question had to be the windseeker!…

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Every day’s a school day

02 May 2008

‘A boxer left the ring after winning the world championship. His trainer took all the money and he never got a cent. Why not?’

Now, I don’t want…

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When the going gets tough…

29 April 2008

We’ll never hesitate to let you know just how tough it is out here. How cold, wet and windy it’s been; the basic living conditions; the struggle to perform those…

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2.153 nautical miles to go

17 April 2008

All day today we’ve been flying along, averaging about 10.5 knots. As we’ve come closer and closer to the finish, our ETA has been steadily improving. The more optimistic predictions…

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No more bets please…

15 April 2008

With less than 500 miles to go, talk has already turned to the finish. The jobs list has been rubbed off the white board and replaced with ‘The Santa Cruz…

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Skipper’s birthday

13 April 2008

We’ve spent the last 24-hours neck and neck with Liverpool 08.  All day yesterday we were chasing them, working hard to turn the tiny white triangle on the horizon into…

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Back beating to windward

10 April 2008

After our lovely long stopover in Hawaii, it’s been a bit like going back to work after a summer holiday.

We’d all got very used to sunshine and…

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Is tomorrow yesterday today?

12 March 2008

We’re all a bit confused on Jamaica. We struggle enough with the difference between ‘boat time’ and UTC. ‘What time is it in your world, Simon?’ we ask. The skipper…

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Lessons learned

09 March 2008

How many people does it take to drop the yankee 1? How much spam do you need to sail to Hawaii?

Let’s start with the sail change. Yesterday,…

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I’d bet my pudding on that

06 March 2008

‘By my calculations there’ll be no precipitation within the next six hours,’ was Gus’s confident prediction, as he lifted his head from the ‘Bluffers Guide to Weather.’ The only suitable…

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Our usual position

28 February 2008

We appear to be back in our more usual position in the fleet. Being in the lead for so long wasn’t really our style, so we thought we’d take this…

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Counting the cost

15 February 2008

Apologies for the delay in sending this blog, but this has been the first time the nav station has been dry enough to get out the lap top…

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Still in the lead

05 February 2008

Well, it’s such a novelty that we’ll remind you again: Jamaica is still in the lead. Frankly, we’re going to enjoy this for as long as possible. Our lead is…

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Not just a one off

02 February 2008

So it wasn’t just a one off schedule: Jamaica Clipper is still in the lead! We’d love to tell you how we’re doing it, but we’re not too sure ourselves.…

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A whole new experience

29 January 2008

This really is a new experience for us: Jamaica Clipper first in a schedule. No, it wasn’t a misprint, but we’re not quite sure how it happened. We’d just been…

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