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Still getting grief….
01 March 2008
So far on this trip there is one thing that hurts more than the bumps and bruises, bashed shins, aching muscles or cuts and sores on your hands. The worst pain is thinking you’ve just ruined the hopes of the BBB cruising to victory.
It all happened the…
The Broach
28 February 2008
Having lived on the BBB for most of the last 5 months, I find there is a constant awareness of what is happening at any given time. A change in…
Moments of sheer panic
27 February 2008
When I set off on this adventure my sister presented me with an embroidered cushion “sailing is hours of pleasure interrupted by moments of sheer panic” - how very true.…
There‘s-now’ wind!
25 February 2008
Leaving Qingdao after such a mind-blowing reception and leaving seven of our crew behind that had pulled us through some exceptional circumstances in the last race was always going to…
Reminiscing of Sandown Bay
24 February 2008
After a light airs start, talk on board the BBB is about Part C training and the lunatics (you know who you are) who swam ashore! Tonight however, the sea…
The Final Countdown
15 February 2008
Just before dinner I was woken with the devastating news that this race was only going to last another few hours. It was what we’d all been dreading. Our entire…
Fashion Week fever reaches dizzy heights
12 February 2008
After months of planning and preparation, the wait is over and the latest winter collections from designers around the world were launched off the coast of Taiwan this week. Now…
Tales from the South China Sea
09 February 2008
As Billy Hawes plies us with freshly ground coffee, toasted fruit bread and more chocolate, the BBB is rolling around a little. The washing machine is on “heavy soil” program…
Wild watch
08 February 2008
Well the Wild Watch certainly lived up to its name today. Hilary and Terry got called up on standby at about 9.30 to help Dark Watch tack and shake out…
A welcome shower
07 February 2008
After 12 hours on Port tack and with no changes in sail plan having been needed, the 4 members of Dark Watch were perhaps starting to get a little complacent.…
Skipper’s blog
06 February 2008
From a tactical perspective, Race 6 has been the most testing to date. Following a poor start, we have been playing catch up ever since. A few days ago we…
Peace and quiet? You’ve got to be joking
04 February 2008
If you imagine that life on board a yacht cutting through the ocean might be a fairly quiet one, with just the soothing swishing action of the water against the…
Playing dodgems with yachts and waves
03 February 2008
The last 48 hours have seen us playing catch up with Liverpool 08. Despite trimming, putting in reefs, shaking out reefs, and sailing as high as we can, Liverpool 08…
Full time mother
02 February 2008
At last most of them have given up trying to make a sailor out of me! Now I no longer have to try and pretend I know the difference between…
The first 72 hours
30 January 2008
Our Dark, Wild and Stormy watches have started the new 3 hourly routine of watch changes (3 hrs off, 3 on standby, 3 on watch) and the fleet of Clipper…
To tack or not to tack?
29 January 2008
No, that is not the question!
Our first rounding mark is off the south of Taiwan, about 1400 miles away, bearing 036 degrees true, or just north of…
A hazardous maze
13 January 2008
Late afternoon brought what we thought were the last of the fishing vessels with their miles of poorly marked nets – we almost hove to until we could figure a…
Turning up the heat!
11 January 2008
Nearly two weeks at sea and the rising temperatures are starting to take their toll on the crew of Western Australia.
Night watches of four hours bring some…
Christmas time again!
09 January 2008
We had our first glimpse of land for several days yesterday evening as we passed the eastern shore of Christmas Island. This sighting inevitably brought forth a burst of Christmas…
Can’t stand the heat? Get out of the kitchen (galley)!
09 January 2008
The temperature has risen along with the intensity of the sailing onboard westernaustralia2011.com over the past 24 hours or so. At present there are three boats – Glasgow: Scotland with…
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