Sailing News

After a windless night where frustration run high we picked some wind restoring some of the lost faith in the concept of sailing a freaking boat from A to B without murdering anyone. I sometimes shout my lungs out to the elements, not so much with Paul on the boat, as once I scared the… Read more

We are now into our fifth week at sea, tomorrow it’ll be a month we’left Palma, it’s a bloody long time! Longer than I have ever been, with 22 days at the Route du Rhum my previous longest… Yet, here, with the current complex forecast, we estimate another two whole weeks before we get into… Read more

Back to basics on Financial Crisis after loss of wind instruments Short blog today, just after sunset yesterday all hell broke loose like someone had pressed a giant button that said mayhem. The wind very suddenly piped up from 20 to 30 knots, we were pinned down with too much sail and took a while… Read more

We are beating our brains to mash into the south-easterlies, not too bad so far, staysail and one reef in solid 20 knots, boat slamming, waves crashing across the cockpit, it’s wet out there, cant find a strong enough reason to be there, sleeping under a warm duvet seems just fine as the autopilot battles… Read more

I have totally lost count of the days, we are into the 4th week at sea I believe, last night I had to wear a thermal as it is starting to get chilly at night, I still find it amusing to see the weather changing as we move on the globe…. you start somewhere on… Read more

We just broke through the barrier of the 1000 miles to go to Cape Town, it’s still a lot and the pressure is high, Cessna is 114 miles behind at the last ping but they are giving it all averaging over 12 knots now and curving fast onto the rhumb line. For us, averages over… Read more

Now, mainly thanks to Phesheya who forced us to rethink our route when they broke away from the pack and dipped to the south, we are enjoying idyllic sailing conditions and most importantly have climbed up the ranks against Cessna who, on the other hand, have been quite unlucky, the high moved faster to the… Read more

First of all big congratulations to Ross and Campbell Field, and to Halvard Mabire and Miranda Merron for their first leg achievement, all winners in my eyes for their display of experience, determination and skill in negotiating their route to Cape Town. We have turned the corner, I feel, in this endless leg to Cape… Read more

A night of drama and a hard fought podium result into Cape Town This is just a brief message to say that we’ve crossed the finish line to take third in the first leg of the Global Ocean Race managing to keep Cessna behind to the finish. Paul and I are absolutely exhausted but incredibly… Read more