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A waiting game

31 October 2007

Day six of Leg 2 finds us 1000 nautical miles (nm) south east of Salvador, 800nm off the coast of Paraguay, with a distance to finish in Durban of 3400nm. So far it has been a struggle to sail under spinnaker in light airs, as it is quite difficult to…

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Trying to head south…

30 October 2007

On Sunday evening, the wind started to change direction taking us East.  To counteract this, we gybed with the spinnaker.  But, we were still going in exactly the same direction…

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Yet another bright day…

29 October 2007

Today, being yet another bright, sunny and calm day, led to a spate of
washing of clothes, hair and bodies. The array of brightly coloured
underwear…

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Yet another bright day…

29 October 2007

Today, being yet another bright, sunny and calm day, led to a spate of washing of clothes, hair and bodies. The array of brightly coloured underwear drying on the guardrail…

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Wondering about the winds

27 October 2007

We set off from Salvador with our plan off heading down south and then catching a high pressure weather system which would take us all the way across the Southern…

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Situation normal

26 October 2007

For those of us on leg one, it seems almost normal being back on the boat.

In the watch system; cooking, and then eating food that, on anything…

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South doesn’t rhyme with much

25 October 2007

This may be clear to all, but it does make it more difficult for us to come up with a catchy strapline for our Race 3 strategy.

You…

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Back In The Saddle

24 October 2007

Or back behind the wheel, or on the grinder, or on the bow.

Firstly, thank you so much to the city of Salvador and the region of Bahia…

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Are we nearly there yet?

16 October 2007

When are we going to arrive in Salvador? This seems to be the question that everyone is asking today - in fact we’re running a sweepstake on the answer. At…

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Charting progress

14 October 2007

I’m sure many of you will be looking at the race viewer and wondering how Durban 2010 and Beyond and Glasgow: Scotland with style Clipper are eating the miles more…

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The stars were bright, Fernando

13 October 2007

After the excitement of crossing the Equator and our ten minute party we have packed away the tiaras and set about our normal routine. Pumping bilges, renewing water supplies with…

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Crossing the Equator

12 October 2007

At 8:40 UTC Nova Scotia crossed the Equator and we didn’t feel a thing, but what a glamorous event.

As the magical latitude loomed the ladies graced the…

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Change in weather and fortures

11 October 2007

October 10, 2007

Well, we have had a lot of change in the weather and our fortunes in the last 24 hours. What started out as a fine…

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Bouncing along

11 October 2007

Last night was the spookiest night of sailing ever experienced. There were two storms coming together. Wind gusts from 22-30 knots and then patches of nothing, hardly moving sails, flappy…

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What a difference a day makes

10 October 2007

To say we’ve had some weather today would probably be something of an understatement. As the photos of Moose Watch - taken at 8am and 8pm - show rather clearly,…

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The gloves are off on Nova Scotia

10 October 2007

We were woken this morning with a shout of “all hands on deck”. We had received a call from Durban 2010 and Beyond warning us of potential gusts of 45…

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Food glorious food, hot porridge and custard

08 October 2007

The water temperature is 31 degrees, making our regular salt water showers off the sugar scoop at the stern of the boat extremely pleasant. In terms of temperature, this is…

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Nova Scotia Locked In with Steely Determination

07 October 2007

Well, race fans, the competition has truly begun. Although it started on September 16 in Liverpool, besting the wrath of the Irish Sea and staring down the mythical reputation of…

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Broken guys and flying fish - 05 October 2007

06 October 2007

The sun is shining, the breeze is slight, it’s 35 degrees and that’s just in the galley!

We are now 12 days into the trip and more than…

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Things that go bump in the night.

05 October 2007

The less experienced sailors amongst us are rapidly learning that the most predictable aspect of racing ocean going yachts is that when all is going swimmingly, the proverbial hits the…

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