Twelve days into the race from Tenerife to Bermuda, just over half way for most of the fleet, and winds are reportedly still very light, making progress slow. Some of the vessels have swapped positions since yesterday: although Jolie Brise (UK) is holding onto her lead overall on corrected time with Tecla (Netherlands) in second place, Spirit of [...]
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It appears that the crew of Etoile are having far too much fun. Not having heard anything from them for a few days, we now receive the following report from trainee Sophie Baviere, which explains why: they were too busy enjoying themselves!
“Last Sunday was a special day. To break the weekly monotony on board, the captain [...]
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Tecla had a bad day yesterday. Not only was it very hot with no wind at all, but after a hard day cleaning the ship two barracudas turned up and kept circling the ship, cleverly avoiding the fishing lines, but also stopping them from swimming. Jet says that they eventually got so hot and bothered [...]
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There has been little change to the leaders on corrected time today, with Jolie Brise (UK) remaining in the lead, Tecla (Netherlands) in second, Kruzenshtern (Russia) in third and Spirit of Bermuda in fourth. Urania (Netherlands) continues to lead the Class D group on corrected time with Xsaar (Belgium) in second, Peter von Danzig (Germany) [...]
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Yesterday was a frustrating day for most of the fleet with a dazzling sun and very little wind. On the Dutch vessel Tecla the crew apparently cheered when they made 4.4 knots!
Their celestial navigation class was apparently a huge success when Jet and Gijs told the trainees how to calculate their position, “starting of with [...]
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Race positions remain unchanged from yesterday’s report with Jolie Brise (UK) maintaining the lead overall on corrected time. In second place is Tecla (Netherlands), with Kruzenshtern (Russia) in third and Spirit of Bermuda in fourth. The leading Class D on corrected time continues to be Urania (Netherlands) with Xsaar (Belgium) in second, Peter von Danzig [...]
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Yesterday the crew of Jolie Brise endured another very hot day with light winds and calm waters. They report that helming the boat can become quite frustrating as they constantly try to keep the sails filling; minor adjustments to sail trim and course are the order of the day.
“We gybed onto port tack yesterday, which [...]
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Two first timers on board the British Class B vessel Jolie Brise have given us some of their thoughts because, as they say, days seem to be getting confused and when asked to write about the whales they saw today, they realised it was two days ago that they saw the whales!
So Louise Ruffell, 23, and James [...]
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Just like in Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Tecla send word that they spent a day yesterday in the blazing hot sun with water all around them and not a breath of air. They did spy Kruzenshtern on their port side and made contact, both agreeing that the wind was a fickle thing.
Another thing [...]
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The crews of Peter von Danzig and Spirit of Bermuda both report they are all very excited now they have passed the half way point and are now firmly heading towards Bermuda.
On Spirit, they’ve been making the most of a beautiful day with some good winds with some exercise, laundry, buzz cuts and a thorough ship-wide cleanup. They [...]
