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Today is the last full day at sea for us, in around 24 hours we should be making landfall and reach
06/06/2012 - 21:30 -
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Last night was tough, in fact some of the worst we've seen in the entire race. After we left Charleston we
21/05/2012 - 09:34 -
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Finally here we are, Sergio and I literally just crossed the finish line in front of Charleston Harbour, it's the middle
02/05/2012 - 09:42 -
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Just as i write a big rain cloud on the horizon has brought a sudden windshift. This is the first we
25/04/2012 - 12:06 -
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We've been at sea just over a fortnight now and for the past few days we've been sailing in a very
20/04/2012 - 08:48 -
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The last few days have been, as predicted, a drag race towards the north-east corner of Brasil, all tactical decision had
16/04/2012 - 08:28 -
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The struggle to reach the stable trade winds seems to have lasted an eternity, the fleet progress has been very slow
12/04/2012 - 16:23 -
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The last two days have been far from easy, as we approached the continental shelf off Cabo Frio near Rio de
10/04/2012 - 13:35 -
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We've been at sea for two days, i wrote an earlier update which somehow was never sent so here is a
05/04/2012 - 07:18 -
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It's been three weeks since we arrived in Punta del Este following our tough Southern Ocean leg from Wellington around Cape
24/03/2012 - 16:14 -
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We have just over 400 miles to go to the finish line in Punta del Este, the permanent cloud cover of
01/03/2012 - 15:44 -
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If rounding the horn is the accepted "cool dude" turning point, I feel much better now that we are finally sailing
27/02/2012 - 08:24 -
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What a day, we finally rounded Cape Horn! I think it will take me a while to fully process this fact
24/02/2012 - 14:50 -
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We are through the peak of the storm and we're happy to report that we didn't sustain any damage... Our strategy
22/02/2012 - 23:35 -
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A nasty gale is brewing south of us, the worst of it is headed straight for Cape Horn just at the
22/02/2012 - 09:17 -
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Our moment of glory as leaders of the Global Ocean Race was short-lived, as predicted the reaching conditions favoured the newer
21/02/2012 - 02:03 -
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Finally our dive to penguin latitudes paid its dividends and today we jumped in the lead of the third leg of
19/02/2012 - 08:27 -
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In a few miles we'll touch the latitude of 60 degrees south, it sounds quite frightening but my cure is to
18/02/2012 - 07:35 -
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In a few miles we'll touch the latitude of 60 degrees south, it sounds quite frightening but my cure is to
18/02/2012 - 07:35 -
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Yesterday a brief email from Cessna some 50 miles to our port (to the north of us) brought home the reality
17/02/2012 - 10:26
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Akilaria RC1 Class40, proven and reliable, probably the only 40ft racing100 | Haslar Marina, Gosport, UK