Category Archives: Day Four

Beers at 6:30 in the morning is early if your just getting up but way to late when you’ve been awake for nearly three days. The crew of Rambler would like to thank the Royal Malta Yacht Club and Rolex … Continue reading →

Blog– 20th October 8.30am The last 24hrs has been a real mixture as the winds remain erratic to say the least, as we came up towards the top of the Messina Straits we suddenly saw an increase in wind speed … Continue reading →

Gaël, the first paraplegic shift supervisor ever aboard a Volvo Ocean 60 For the Rolex Middle Sea Race, Team Jolokia once again shows the strength of diversity with yet another first. The role watch supervisor is occupied, for the first … Continue reading →

After a long, and at times frustrating, night we have caught and overtaken Black Pearl and B2 leaving only Cantankerous and Mascalzone Latino a couple of miles ahead of us in our class. The crew worked non-stop to keep the … Continue reading →

It looks like the wind is filling in at last..! Before the race we said it would be a ‘drift off’ along the north side of Sicily and it certainly has been. Not the best conditions for a 45 ton … Continue reading →

Update from OV. We finally made it out of the wind hole this afternoon and got closer to land where the breeze is better. Had a good run down towards capo San Vito and we should be gybing around in about half … Continue reading →