Monthly Archives: October 2015

Artie

Artie’s close crossing with Tala at dusk yesterday

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Artie

Tuesday 7.25am – Moral is high on board and crew is pushing hard. ARTIE is approx. 20/25km off San Vito Lo capo. Boat speed is just over 7 knots and still leading their group. A bit later on, as ARTIE … Continue reading

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Rambler

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

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S.Y ‘EH01’ Global Yacht Racing

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

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Artie

Artie’s crew are all well, just passed off Palermo (3am) light winds and hoping to keep the boat moving! Lee Satariano (Owner/Co-Skipper) – Artie

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Rambler

#rmsr Lampedusa and in.  In what seemed to be a gift from above Rambler has enjoyed 17 knots of breeze on what will be the longest beat of the race.  It looks like the fate of the eventual winners will … Continue reading

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Dorade

We began the day in the Strait of Messina, having battled hard to catch the group of boats in front of us. The night was dark and the wind was not playing ball (we had every direction imaginable except for … Continue reading

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Jivaro

The night started at a slow pace with the smoke of the Etna lit up by the last rays of the sun to the West. The wind gathered strength as we entered the Traffic Separation Scheme of the Strait of … Continue reading

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Team Cascais

No Wind?  No Problem….We swim, we push!

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S.Y ‘EH01’ Global Yacht Racing

Day 3 has been a long one, with a lot of sail changes due to constant shifting wind directions and speeds.  Its been a long day and nights slog to get to the straits but we are there and slowly … Continue reading

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