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Conquering the World's oceans and circumnavigating the globe is sure to throw up a story or two. Get the inside track on race conditions, crew experiences and general life onboard right here in our blog.
A Brummie’s blog
13 March 2008
Having joined the Liverpool in Qingdao as a mere legger I settled on board for what I believed to be a nice sun sailing cruise a cross the pacific in to Hawaii! Aloa!
How wrong could I be!
First there s the crew watch system to…
Ghost in the machine
09 March 2008
There is a long tradition of ghosts in sailing, but in modern sailing, with the advent of technology, weather reports, good food and warm clothing, ghosts seem to be a…
Sail away, sail away, sail awayyyyyy…
02 March 2008
On Thursday 28 February Liverpool 08 decided to tempt fate and hoist the 1.5 spinny. As always, it did not let us down. I had just been admiring its shape…
Baywatch Babes & the Guster
28 February 2008
Well, we’re sitting in the nav station recalling the past week which has gone from one extreme to another. It started with a fantastic send off from Qingdao (other ports…
A day in the life of Crime Watch
06 February 2008
It’s currently Wednesday midday and crime watch are on the verge of finishing their 3rd watch of the day, only another 1 to go until the cycle starts again tomorrow.…
Life at 38 degrees to wind on Liverpool 08
02 February 2008
At first it seems so glamorous …. Wind in your hair, you behind the helm of a 68´`powerful machine cruising along at 10 – 11 knots in 28 mph wind. …
So Long Singapore
30 January 2008
After a very relaxing four days on the island of Batam, enjoying air conditioned rooms and sleeping under mosquito nets, drinks from the poolside bar and endless games of pool,…
The leg so far..
13 January 2008
This leg has been a story of hot weather, close racing, torn spinnakers and a new set of deck speakers. More than that it has been of wonderful teamwork, whether…
Enjoying every minute
11 January 2008
What a turn out for the books this leg has been so far and I mean so far as anything could happen. We’ve had a trawling lobster pot incident that…
The stowaway speaks
07 January 2008
As a visitor on Liverpool 08 I want to take the opportunity to tell you what a fantastic crew I am sailing with! I was a little apprehensive, but at…
Sail repairers extraordinaire
04 January 2008
It was the morning after we set off from Freo – I woke up to find Tiina on the floor of the Ghetto with a torn spinny on her lap.…
Happy Christmas everyone
16 December 2007
It’s currently Saturday afternoon and the conditions are completely different to the last time I wrote a blog. The weather has been very unusual. In fact I feel like this…
Waiting for the forties to roar
09 December 2007
Great big highs over the southern Indian Ocean are the order of the day now and how to put them to our advantage sailing wise is the tricky part. Ben…
Waiting for the waves
05 December 2007
Second week of life at 45 degree angle (mild exaggeration) and we are all well nested back to our (sometimes soaking wet) bunks. As has been said, it hasn’t been…
The Southern Millpond
04 December 2007
My first experience of ocean racing started just as anticipated; a few miles offshore the wind was blowing and the waves were growing. Boat speed was good and we steadily…
Awesome and Relentless
28 November 2007
All I can say is that legs 1 and 2 were just warm up legs, with the wind changing in force so frequently I swear we have done more sail…
Cresting the waves
13 November 2007
Your correspondent joined the boat in Salvador for the great adventure; and what an adventure it is turning out to be!
You should know that I…
Flying off the forestay
10 November 2007
Its Saturday morning and I’ve just spent the last watch (6-9am) sail changing, hoisting, gybing but more importantly flying off the forestay like a human telltale trying to re-attach sheared…
Gybing under spinnaker
08 November 2007
With the new pole rigged and hoisted, the call of ´Gybe Ho´ comes from the now competent helming hands of Paul Scannell. As he turns the boat slowly to port…
Fireworks en route to Durban
04 November 2007
Greetings from Liverpool 08 @ 31.55S / 15.37W on 3/11 & Happy Birthday Dad.
Well here we are 11 days into rehab for the new recruits and more…
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