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We are in Punta del Este! Celebrations Celebrations Celebrations! We made it! We are in Punta del Este Uruguay, 35 days at sea! We have sailed through gale force winds, we reached across the depths of the Southern Ocean with albatrosses to guard our progress, we clenched our teeth through the icebergs, we fought with… Read more
Home stretch- 400 miles to go
We have just over 400 miles to go to the finish line in Punta del Este, the permanent cloud cover of the past few days has broken up during the night and i stood my watch in the cockpit as a magnificent sunrise brought summer to our world. Since we left the icy weather of… Read more
Tough head winds make for frustrating home run
I guess we all assumed that once turned the corner from the Horn everything was going to be easy, I certainly did, so I was a little surprised when last night the wind piped up to a fierce 35-40 knots dead on the nose in a nasty chop and a mysterious 2 knots adverse current.… Read more
Marco “cool dude” Nannini enters the Atlantic
If rounding the horn is the accepted “cool dude” turning point, I feel much better now that we are finally sailing in the Atlantic. After Cape Horn we headed north towards the Strait of Le Maire, between the Tierra del Fuego and the Isla De Los Estatos which marks the gate that opens into the… Read more
Marco and Hugo- Around the Horn, lying second in the race
What a day, we finally rounded Cape Horn! I think it will take me a while to fully process this fact but I’m sure it’ll live in my thoughts for the rest of my life, arriving here has been at times tremendously tough and yesterday just when the weather was finally improving we were left… Read more
The dice rolled- Cessna ahead, but facing the storm- what will happen next?
We are through the peak of the storm and we’re happy to report that we didn’t sustain any damage… Our strategy was to slow the boat down and let the worst part of the depression go past us before resuming our course towards Cape Horn so that we would be behind the storm on… Read more
The decision made- wait for the weather to move through
A nasty gale is brewing south of us, the worst of it is headed straight for Cape Horn just at the same time we were due to round the infamous cape. After much debate we decided it was simply too risky for us to carry on heading for such a dangerous randez-vous and have… Read more
Horns of a Dilemma approaching the Horn
Our moment of glory as leaders of the Global Ocean Race was short-lived, as predicted the reaching conditions favoured the newer more powerful Cessna who simply pulled away averaging 1-2 knots faster despite our every effort to bear away and sail as fast as possible. Now finally the wind has turned round and we… Read more
Marco takes the lead-A day he will never forget
Finally our dive to penguin latitudes paid its dividends and today we jumped in the lead of the third leg of the Global Ocean Race with a lead of 30 miles over Cessna Citation who had chosen a more northerly option. We are still on full time radar watch for icebergs, the risk of… Read more
A game of chess with Cessna
In a few miles we’ll touch the latitude of 60 degrees south, it sounds quite frightening but my cure is to remember that when I sailed the Shetland Round Britain and Ireland in 2010 we were in higher latitudes in the northern hemisphere, I guess what makes here so overwhelming is the sense of… Read more
