Category Archives: Day Two

Samantha Evans reports from the Italian Open 50 Very tricky conditions overnight, we tried to pick up land breezes and avoid the holes in the wind, so not much sleep but keeping rolling along…just. Spectacular scenery at sunrise this morning. … Continue reading →

Bob Clitherow – Yellowdrama Start As I started thos blog during the race, we started at 11:10am on Sunday 22nd October from Grand Harbour. According to the latest weather files, Yellowdrama should reach the finish on Thursday morning after 5 … Continue reading →

Andreas Hanakamp – Vaquita 1600 CEST “Just passed out of the Strait, which makes us very happy. We went too far offshore last night and lost out. We worked our way back going inshore and are now sailing near the … Continue reading →

Arthur Podesta – Elusive II St RegisNoon CEST “Everything is fine, we are 19…20 miles from the Strait. We had a good night with lots of sail changes, and one patch of no wind at all. This morning we could … Continue reading →

Austrian Class 40 Vaquita going quite nicely.

This picture shows the number of people which is needed to hoist a spinnaker. As many sailors as possible on the winches on deck to hoist a spinnaker. We are “peeling” – this means we are hoisting one sail in … Continue reading →

Boris from Alligator SLO 747 (SERBIA) 1000CEST “Getting on fine, 40nm from Messina Strait, 25nm off the coast. We have light winds of around 6 knots, but doing 5 knots in boatspeed. We had some problems yesterday, tearing our gennaker … Continue reading →

For Fans of OILTANKING JUNO. Go to:  www.ustream.com/channel/junoracingteam They are streaming live video each day! All of the Juno crew are members of the Royal Malta Yacht Club, skipper David Anastasi telephoned the club this afternoon to say that all … Continue reading →