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Western Australian Rhapsody
17 July 2008
Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy
Trapped in the Blue Boat
No escape from reality
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and sea
I’m just a helm boy
I need some…
Reflections
04 July 2008
There is a new aura amongst the crew, the stress has gone, focus precedes over-expectation and the mood is calm and positive.
For ten months now we have…
Thoughts on nearing the end
28 June 2008
“How are you feeling?” was perhaps the most common question I heard at the last two stops, particularly among the”Round the Worlders”. “Can’t wait for the finish” was certainly the…
Always take the weather with you
27 June 2008
Despite a fair amount of evidence to the contrary, the crew of WesternAustralia2011.com have, until very recently, been convinced that the only wind in the whole world happens in short,…
Forty Knots…
25 June 2008
Actually it’s closer to 66,000; twenty two different colours, handcrafted by each and every member of the BBB sailing team, warm to the touch, months to build… can you guess…
Will luck be on our side?
24 June 2008
Luck is something you need at times in sport. It comes and goes quicker than you can imagine. We’ve had three good races since leaving Jamaica for which all crew…
Ten months at sea
21 June 2008
Well, it’s been quite a while since we left Liverpool to head off around the world, and here we are only a couple of weeks left of our adventure.
…Things that go bump in the night
20 June 2008
There is something spooky about this leg. The route takes us along the western and northerly path of the slave trade and I cannot have been the only one to…
A different sort of challenge
19 June 2008
We were greeted in Sydney after the D250 race from Halifax, with a warm welcome from the local population. And what a night it had been! Towards the end both…
Ice off Sydney!
18 June 2008
With Sydney (Nova Scotia) now well behind us we press on towards the contact zone… There are reports of Icebergs ahead, hopefully a little further north. Our planned route will…
Halifax - Our second home!
13 June 2008
After a few days of well earned rest and the enjoyment of being showered with kindness and warmth, rivers of beer and an abundance of food, we were ready to…
So this is ocean racing?
07 June 2008
I’ve now been underway aboard westernaustralia2011.com for 49 hours, 54 minutes and 13 seconds—not that I’m counting. As a media guest aboard the boat, and a representative of America’s oldest…
New faces, new strengths
06 June 2008
After many, many months of looking at the same faces and listening to the same stories, there’s always a buzz when new people are about join us, especially this late…
Was it worth the WAit?
30 May 2008
The last time I’d sailed with my fellow westernaustralia2011.com crew buddies was way back July 07, from Hull down to Gosport after our second place in the Wilberforce Race, and…
A Long Way Away from the Danube
27 May 2008
Funny how life goes… When I was growing up on the muddy banks of the Danube in Belgrade, I played pirates with my friends, dreaming about high seas and exotic…
Pre-race jitters
25 May 2008
With a serious case of pre-match nerves in the hot Jamaican sun I climbed aboard the BBB as we prepared to depart from Jamaica.
Port Antonio had been…
WA goes POSH!
12 May 2008
As a cruising sailor in my ‘other life’ I am constantly boring the WA crew with comments like “if I was on my boat now we’d have the air conditioning…
Detour to Durban for Dinner
11 May 2008
We’re still a long way from Panama and don’t have enough fuel to motor all the way, therefore there has been a slight change of plan, which proved momentarily confusing…
Towing the line
11 May 2008
The desire to race the race is most definitely on, even when we were under tow. It must be an amusing sight to see two 68’ yachts, one towing the…
The race to race continues
10 May 2008
Since our mast fell over on 5th March, and we got sailing under jury rig, we have been in a constant race. First to get to Midway, then to get…
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