Message from Vladimir Prosikhin’s Volvo 70, E1
Setting off on the Middle Sea Race this morning, its one of the ‘must do’ classics. 610 miles, with light air forecast for the first 70% or so, then a relatively solid front coming in from the west with 20 to 30knots of breeze ready to blow us home. Our routing software is telling us we will do it in 2 days 14hrs, but a little more or a little less breeze makes a massive difference to this prediction.
I’m looking forward to sailing on our chartered Volvo 70 which has seen a lot of miles but seems to be fairly well sorted.
We’ve got an international mix of crew aboard, with Russians, Brits, Slovenians, Welsh, Australian and a token Dutchman.
Signing off now, will try and keep you updated as we go along!
JB
(John Brinkers – The token Dutchman)