Category Archives: Day Three

Photo from Gabi Due of Intuition Kabestan in front of Stromboli

Photo provided by Austen Clark, skipper of Class 40 Arwen, who took this picture of Turkish Grand Soleil Keyif 60 at Stromboli

Harry Heijst sent us this photo from Winsome

Check in at 08015 Monday 20/10/2014. Finally rounded Strombolicchio. Good morning All, we have rounded Stombolicchio in good company and made up ground on our competitors including the ever competitive Southern Child. We had a frustrating evening / overnight with … Continue reading →

We have just passed the famous and only Trapani. Which means we are half way in the course of the race. Hurrah! Let’s hope the second half will be shorter time. Challenge to take up! Had we passed Trapani during … Continue reading →

Optimum 3 Aspida. After a long day of trying to catch elusive zephyrs we finally got into some solid breeze that carried us to off Palermo. We are now battling it out again with Cantankerous and Veruna in light airs. … Continue reading →

Moving at last Good news we are moving we are sailing 8 whole knots of speed. Unbelievable! Bad news we are 60 degrees off course which means in fact we are doing half our speed. Isn’t good? Better than not … Continue reading →

“In all this time in treevail, sobbing, gaining current we rode into the straight – Skylla to port and on our starboard beam Kharibdis’ dire gorge of the salt sea tide. By heaven! She vomited and all the sea was … Continue reading →

Closing shortly onto 48 hours of non stop race, we are coming to our next rounding, which is the most Eastern point of the Island of Sicily, leaving the small island of Marettimo to starboard. After experiencing very little wind … Continue reading →

25/10/10 18:00 The welcoming party is arriving at the Royal Malta Yacht Club. Esimit Europa 2 and ICAP Leopard are going to get a rousing cheer, as they cross the finish line, right outside the yacht club. But thoughts will also … Continue reading →