Liverpool 08 - Crew Blog

Quiet contemplation

30 June 2008

Leg 7 - 27 June 2008

As we recuperate in Cork and prepare to leave for Liverpool, it seems to me only yesterday when we were a hundred miles off Newfoundland when late one night I spent an hour on iceberg watch.

A few odds and…

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Bitter Sweet Guinness

20 June 2008

I thought they were platitudes. “Life is Bitter Sweet”. Really? In modern society you can go for months where the only bitterness you have is the slice of lemon in…

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277 Days Down, 17 to Go. Then it’s Into Reality.

17 June 2008

Seven foot long, four foot wide, some teddies, West Cheshire Sailing Clubs Burgees, some photos of me and Amy and a leaky chain plate right at the end. This is…

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Lows and Highs

07 June 2008

The race from New York to Nova Scotia ended this morning at 08:00 hrs.

To say we are gutted with finishing ninth goes without saying.

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Leaving New York’s never easy

06 June 2008

And it wasn’t this time either. It was as if the city was weeping our departure wrapping us in a thick fog. The short passage to the open seas was…

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My voyage of a life time…the start

03 June 2008

I can’t believe it has actually started; only two and a half years of planning, cajoling and pleading with different parties has now come to fruition.

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How many Scousers does it take to sail a boat?

31 May 2008

How many Scousers does it take to sail a boat? Sixteen, honorary Scousers included of course. What do you call 16 Scousers in a boat? A team (however in nautical…

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Perceptions of Luxury

30 May 2008

Perceptions of luxury are different. There is a lot of poverty in Jamaica. We went to a restaurant fronting an idyllic beach sunset.  It had a dirt floor, jumble sale…

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Bermuda Triangle Strikes Again

27 May 2008

In September 2007 I stepped onto Liverpool 08 with a wealth of training but relatively little ocean sailing experience and within the hour we were ravaged by the ferocity of…

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The white knuckle ride…

09 May 2008

It’s now been 18 days since I joined Liverpool 08 crew and started my journey of Legs 6 & 7. It’s been a very interesting race so far which mainly…

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The magic of motoring

08 May 2008

Since finishing the race on the 6th May we have been working towards becoming true connoisseurs of the delights of motoring. There is something for everyone to keep us from…

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Peaceful easy sailing

05 May 2008

Today is day 12 of the epic journey to the Panama Canal (near Acapulco) where we are looking forward to fresh cool drinks and a refreshing shower!!

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Fret not - we have a cunning plan

04 May 2008

Hello Friends, Family and Followers of Liverpool 08 and welcome to today’s epistle of every day life on board.

We know that you are all sitting…

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California Dreamin’

01 May 2008

“Stopped into a church, I passed along the way.  Well, I got down on my knees; got down on my knees, and I pretend to pray”

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We can do it!

28 April 2008

One of the best experiences I keep getting onboard is when individuals realise that they have the physical and mental strength they thought never existed.  The “We Can Do It!”…

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Out of Body!

17 April 2008

Followers of this Blog, as I was not that long ago, are inevitably caught between a strange sense of attraction and an equal amount of apprehension about a long distance…

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Was it worth it?

16 April 2008

It’s a costly thing to do on many fronts, physically, mentally and financially. This is not for the faint hearted but for high achievers with a determination to complete what…

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What a difference a day makes

11 April 2008

As I write this I’ve just come off watch, which was spent soaking up the rays whilst admiring the nearly clear sky and the very deep blue calm sea. We…

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Mikey’s report

09 April 2008

Hello Liverpool 08 fans Mikey here reporting in,

The stay in Hawaii was a very stressful and torrid time for very few people; those people were…

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Boat maintenance before Hawaii

15 March 2008

Mr Onions, our Brummie thought that this leg would be a nice cruise and yes indeed that’s what it has turned into. After almost three weeks of racing we heard…

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