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Monthly Archives: October 2015
Rambler
A video clip of Rambler near Pantelleria Rambler 88 sailing past Pantelleria, which everyone knows is the Island of pantelones or long pants.
Phosphorus
Just passed through the north of the Messina Straits. A busy 24 hours up the eastern coast of Sicily. We saw plenty of changes in wind direction and speed, resulting in a series of sail changes – mostly J1, code … Continue reading
Wild Joe
After a good start moving away from Malta our aim was to stay as close as possible to the leading group – Rambler, Phaedo3 and Momo – in the same weather system. Approaching to Sicilia we caught a 20 litre plastic can with … Continue reading
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Dorade
It’s been very slow today, not only for us but also for the majority of the fleet. The wind has shifted nearly 200 degrees in the past 12 hours, going from two knots to a max of 11. However, the … Continue reading
S.Y ‘EH01’ Global Yacht Racing
18th October So, it was an interesting evening, as predicted the weather was not as predicted! We had a few sail changes going from the A1 to the J2 and back again, then back again, and now have the J2 … Continue reading
Arkas Sailing Team
Finally some good wind.. So far so good. Our new code zero has kept us in touch with all our class rivals proving extra deadly today, after Mt Etna caused the fleet no end of troubles in the early hours … Continue reading
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Jivaro
With a huge sigh of relief we got moving again at 7:54pm … after the morale had sunk to its lowest since the start of the succession of stop- and-go endured since we reached the first patch of calms in … Continue reading
Rambler
George David on Rambler’s Rolex Middle Sea Race Record George David hold’s the Rolex Middle Sea Race record since 2007 – in this video clip he reminisces about that experience
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Unica
The view from the cabin might be amazing but the lack of wind is another story.
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