Jolie Brise (UK) has taken back the lead overall on corrected time in the race to Bermuda, pushing Tecla (Netherlands) back into second place. Kruzenshtern (Russia) remains in third place with Spirit of Bermuda in fourth. Urania (Netherlands) continues to hold onto the lead of the Class D Group on corrected time with Xsaar (Belgium) remaining [...]
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The commanding officer of the Class A Romanian naval ship, Mircea, Gabriel Duta, has confessed that the pigeons that have been reported landing on the decks of other vessels have indeed been released by their ship to find out the strategies of their competitors. Lt Commander Duta requests the ships to interrogate them very gently [...]
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The crew on the Dutch vessel Tecla are all delighted that they are back in the lead of the race. They had experienced a bad night when they hardly moved but now realise everyone else was having the same problems.
Jet Sluik says both she and Tecla are the furthest away from land either of them [...]
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The crew of the Dutch naval vessel Urania are some of the luckier amongst the fleet because while while some of their competitors in the race have to cope with a limited water supply they make their own water while underway. This means the crew can take a hot shower while under sail - Mark, sailmaster, chief engineer [...]
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The continuing easterly winds of around 14 knots are helping the square rigged ships, with Tecla (Netherlands) now taking over the lead of the transatlantic race on corrected time once again. Jolie Brise (UK) is now in second and Kruzenshtern (Russia) in third. Behind these on corrected time are Spirit of Bermuda, then Mircea (Romania), Belle Poule [...]
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Here is the latest report from Jolie Brise:
“We are currently sailing northwest in about 13/14 knots of wind in order to head up towards the top of a trough that we are soon going to brave. In Toby’s words, our world is going to change dramatically as we head through a little bit of cloudy [...]
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Spirit of Bermuda have been celebrating Bermuda Day today with their chef making a big pot of Bermudian fish chowder and baked Johnny bread for lunch, with Sheldon’s birthday cake for desert.
The skipper, Simon Colley reports that they are: “Continuing to make westing as best we can with our downwind tacking, mindful that the [...]
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The crew on Jolie Brise have been enjoying some increased wind over the past 24 hours which has helped them speed along nicely and retain their lead overall on corrected time. They are all too aware of how things can change however and that every minute on the helm really does count.
“The sun is still [...]
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Jolie Brise (UK) is holding onto her lead on corrected time in the transatlantic race to Bermuda, with Tecla (Netherlands) still in second but Kruzenshtern (Russia) now in third, pushing Spirit of Bermuda back into fourth. Most of the fleet is experiencing winds of around 14 knots from the east which is helping the Class [...]
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Spirit of Bermuda skipper, Simon Colley, admits that Spirit does not like downwind sailing in a light breeze, but he is delighted with the way his crew are getting to grips with her temperament. He sends this report:
“Her loose-footed sails are not suited to downwind sailing in a light wind, and they tend to collapse [...]
