So, the front came through, the wind went around from Northerly to Southerly in a very short space, within an hour we were reaching in 30-35 knots of wind in a very very confused sea state, absolutely horrible, boat thrown left to right, surfing, then bashing into a...

  The cold front is about to reach us, behind us i can see broken clouds and some blue sky here and there, it rained earlier and the wind has kept on backing. However as we are sailing relatively fast in the same direction as the front it is taking forever for it to...

  Financial Crisis, sail number 41, registered name "Mowgli" is for sale by owner. Currently engaged in the Global Ocean Race the boat is viewable at any of the remaining stopovers, Wellington, Punta del Este, Charleston or Europe at the end of the race with an...

  We've now been at sea for 8 days, many of which are just a blur. In the last few we've been reaching in fairly stable winds and it gets a bit monotonous. I'm in no way complaining as it looks like we're going to get our backs kicked in a few days by a cold...

The latest news from Marco down in the Southern Ocean - It's another pleasant sail today in the Southern Ocean, reaching west in warm Northerly winds. We are sailing with Phesheya Racing in sight just behind our stern now, we chatted on VHF a few times exchanging...

  After six days of racing i have a sense of deja vu, the three new boats are at the front and here futher back we are nearly in visual contact with Phesheya Racing which is about 7 miles to our port, we had a brief radio chat and as we are converging we should...

  After days of being punished and thrown around things have definitely turned for the better, we have emerged from our dry suits stinking like dead rats and are enjoying a lovely spinnaker run in a hot sunshine and gentle 20-25 knots of wind. I guess conditions like...

                   If you are looking at a non-surgical equivalent to a gastric band look no further, come to the great south where we'll make you feel a constant knot around your stomach to lose weight. In the past few...