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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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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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Rambler

A video clip of Rambler near Pantelleria Rambler 88 sailing past Pantelleria, which everyone knows is the Island of pantelones or long pants.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Unica

Feeding time at the zoo! Unica crew having lunch in the sun, team all in good spirits tucking into some spare ribs!

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