Nova Scotia - Crew Blog

To Panama on a hope and a prayer

11 May 2008

Day 18 of Race 9 finds Nova Scotia some 300 nm from the Costa Rican port of Golfito and the Banana Bay Marina where we expect to get some Go Juice for the Cast Iron Spinnaker y cervezas for the crew. Considering that we are now down to our last…

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Hey Macaroni!

09 May 2008

As we settle into our motor sailing regime a new watch system has been
devised with 4 watches each doing 2 hourly stints.  This enables the crew to…

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Busy Little Bees

08 May 2008

After a day of settling in to motor sailing towards Panama, the crew of Nova Scotia made good use of their time. Of course before any good day can begin,…

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Rick’s birthday

07 May 2008

Our first non-racing day has been very eventful on Nova Scotia.  First & foremost it’s Rick’s birthday. Our Foredeck All Star has had a relaxing day lying in the sun,…

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We’ve finished!

06 May 2008

Yesterday afternoon found us vying for position with Qingdao who were 60 ft or so off the port side.  Such close proximity to the competition encouraged us to focus as…

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Return of the Killer Head

06 May 2008

Day 12 of Race 9 finds Nova Scotia some 1,300 nautical miles from Panama, having just crossed the line of the Acapulco Gate at 1541 hours UTC. We are currently…

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The games we play

04 May 2008

Anyone who has been in a job, however exciting, for a certain amount of time will begin to attempt to liven it up by adding little games to the daily…

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The Surgery Opens

03 May 2008

Dr Rob’s medical skills were needed today to lance Dans’ infected finger. The nav station was cleared and sterilised, the instruments laid out as if this was an episode of…

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Slip, Slap, Slop

03 May 2008

The sound of sunscreen being generously applied to all sun exposed body parts dominated the airwaves today. As we continue down the Mexican coastline, the air temperature is up to…

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My First Blog on Nova Scotia

02 May 2008

It’s my first time writing a blog on Nova Scotia since I joined the team in Hawaii. I’ve had the chance to sail on some of the other Clipper yachts…

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Hola helicopter!

01 May 2008

Well what can we say about day seven? We spice up our lunch time salad with the donated lemons from Santa Cruz which are still going strong. The crew have…

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Fogbound off Mexico

30 April 2008

Day 6 of Race 9 finds Nova Scotia some 200 nautical miles northwest of Cabo San Lucas (our first waypoint) and 2,000 nautical miles from Panama, sailing under spinnaker in…

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Keeping the boat moving in fickle airs

29 April 2008

We awoke this morning to a glorious and sunny day; we alone seemed to have had this weather as the rest of the fleet were apparently sailing through thick fog…

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We are not alone…

28 April 2008

Today we caught a glimpse of New York across the port beam and when checking the latest scheds they confirmed that they were five miles away from us and four…

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California Dreaming

27 April 2008

As we surf along the coast of Baja California, I am still reminiscing about the hospitality that we received from the local Santa Cruz Yacht Club. The generosity was outstanding.…

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The first 24 hours of Race 9

25 April 2008

Our first 24 hours of racing have been very exciting; after coming around the mark in last place we could clearly see nine lights behind us by midnight.  The other…

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And We’re Off Again

24 April 2008

Day 1 of Race 9 finds Nova Scotia faffing around with our sail configuration just in time to go across the start line like true professionals - hopefully nobody noticed.…

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Yeehaas to California

16 April 2008

Day 11 of Race 8 finds Nova Scotia with only some 150 nautical miles to the finish in a glorious and well-earned first-place position.

To motivate and encourage…

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Nova Scotia Dreamin’

15 April 2008

All the meals are brown and the sky is grey.
We went for a sail on a winter’s day.
I’d be safe and warm if I…

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Switch into drive

14 April 2008

Getting to the top of the leaderboard is one thing. Staying there is another matter entirely.

As we jumped from third to first the weather was balmy, the…

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