2023 Day 3 – Elusive 2

Afternoon update from Christoph Podesta on Elusive 2

 

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2023 | Day 3 – Unica

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2023 | Day 3 – JYS Jan

 

RolexMiddleSeaRace day 3 update from Jarhead Young Sailors Foundation‘s JYS Jan as they sailed past Ustica yesterday afternoon. Skipper Claudio Borg reported very high morale, and the atmosphere on board is great as they do their best to get some wind into their sails.
 
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2023 | Day 2 – Freya

Flat to the mat on the good ship Freya here boss. Trailer park hurled it round the outside early last night and slipped by the park up after portopalo. In very good company with Artie and Co much to the delight of our Maltese bowman Fabio Galea, having traded tacks up the Italian mainland beach’s.  Gradual left shift from here to the fire breathing island now.

Crew in strong spirits and working hard at every opportunity.

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2023 | Day 2 – JYS Jan

“Our first 24hours of the 2023 Rolex Middle Sea Race, were as expected strong winds leading all the way to capo passero with  waves getting bigger as night fell. Once past Capo Passero  we had some fluky moments wind shifting from side to side, a  lot of sail changes and a strategic decision had to be taken as to whether stay on the inside  – took that decision and seems to be paying off as we joined other competitors as we are reaching the Messina straight. Wind is reaching around 15 knots. team is well rested and well fed as we continue on this journey. Thanks for your support -Claudio Bugeja, skipper – JYS Jan

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2023 | Day 2 – Jackknife

” Good afternoon! We are in good spirit, had a great downwind up to the transition and then spent the night working to limit our losses in conditions that don’t suit our boat. Few technical issues but we have managed just fine. Messina is as good as it can get, breeze all the way through and in daylight! Locking into the beat now up to Stromboli. Bit more work then would like to make the ground back but it’s not too far, especially if we can crack off for the rest of the race. I think we have plenty of opportunity to do damage we just need to be patient. Life on board is as you would imagine being 3.2 meters wide and 8 of us. It’s cramped” –  Sam Hall

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2023 | Day 2 – Unica

Jamie Sammut, skipper of Unica and the crew give us a thumbs up, following in what were Jamie’s own words a tough night.

“Had a tough night but all ok.  We had a great crossing to Sicily with around 20 knots from the beam ,then a beat and most of the crew got soaked as we were heading to the straits.. At the moment we are just outside Reggio beating to land”


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2022 | Day 4 – Elusive 2

Co-Skipper Aaron Podesta gives us the end of Day 4 Update

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2022 | Day 4 – Wild Joe

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2022 | Day 4 – Morpheus

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