Food is featuring heavily on the British vessel Jolie Brise, with everyone mucking in and cooking delicious-sounding meals. They report that a particularly good meal was prepared by skipper Toby and Fiona last night resulting in all the crew being up on deck stuffing themselves full and generally having a really good natter and laugh. They [...]
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Jolie Brise (UK) is holding onto her lead on corrected time in the race to Bermuda, with Tecla (Netherlands) now in second and Spirit of Bermuda back in third. Kruzenshtern (Russia) remains in fourth position with Urania (Netherlands), the leading Class D vessel, up in fourth and some way clear of the rest of her [...]
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The captain of Spirit of Bermuda, currently second on corrected time, has reported that their repairs to the ripped foresail have been continuing. “Most of the crew choose to forego sleep when off watch in order to contribute – all the more when the word came over the radio that we had slipped to second [...]
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The Royal Netherlands Ship Urania has sent us a food report. Being a naval vessel means many of the traditions of the Dutch navy are being upheld aboard and that goes for their diet as well as everything else, although not all the navy dietery idiosyncrasies can be upheld. Diederik Romswinckel, the ships medical officer, who [...]
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After days of silence from the French schooners Etoile and Belle Poule, they have finally made contact to give us a story of what has been happening to them since leaving Tenerife. Their race start was dramatic with Kruzenshtern bearing down behind them like a large warship. They have sent the following picture so we [...]
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There is a new leader of the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge as Jolie Brise (UK) has taken over the lead of Race two across the Atlantic, pushing Spirit of Bermuda into second place. Tecla (Netherlands) is now in third place with Kruzenshtern (Russia) in fourth.
Behind these leaders, which are all in the Class A/B group, [...]
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Spirit of Bermuda, currently the leader in the race to Bermuda, report that they were thundering along at around 13 knots last night when their foresail developed a nine foot tear that extended from all the way through the foot to well above the first reef line. They are currently improvising a repair that they [...]
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Spirit of Bermuda has taken back the lead in the second race of the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge, both on corrected time and on the water. Her lead on the water, however, has been dramatically reduced to just 20 nautical miles as Peter von Danzig (Germany) closes the gap. While Spirit had taken a more [...]
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Vessels taking part in the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge have reported a day of frustration with light winds meaning plenty of work for everyone trimming the sails to get the most out of their vessels.
For Spirit of Bermuda, on a more northerly course, they experienced a day of extremes with light and variable wind overnight, [...]
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Tecla has taken over the lead of the second race in the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge, pushing Spirit of Bermuda back into second place overall on corrected time. The Dutch ship with a mix of seven nationalities amongst its 19 crew members, was the winner of the first race and is obviously trying to make [...]
