The fleet is continuing to enjoy blue skies and good winds as they head west across the Atlantic but there is a low developing in the centre of the Atlantic so many of the fleet are taking action in a bid to manoeuvre around it.
Spirit of Bermuda, who has taken a more direct and northerly [...]
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Spirit of Bermuda is continuing to lead the fleet across the Atlantic, both on the water and on corrected time. Her ploy of taking a direct and more northerly route has so far paid off and it will be interesting to see how the rest of the fleet fare, now that they are away from [...]
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A number of the fleet were becalmed this morning due to the huge wind shadow caused by Mount Teide. For around five hours quite a few of the fleet have reported getting stuck in the windless area to the south of the Tenerife, causing some problems for a few of them. Kruzenshtern made a slow [...]
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The fleet got off to a cracking start yesterday afternoon and the winds have kept up at around 20kts from a north-easterly direction, helping them progress well. As reported after the race start, Spirit of Bermuda clearly decided to opt for a more direct route to Bermuda, which took her around the north of Tenerife. The [...]
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Race two of the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge got under way today at 1500hrs GMT with Spirit of Bermuda crossing the start line within a minute of the gun, clearly in a hurry to get home as fast as possible! Conditions were perfect for the race start with north-easterly winds of around 25kts, getting the [...]
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The all girl crew on Rona II are preparing for their transatlantic adventure this morning with last minute arrangements being undertaken. Amongst the 19 girls on board the vessel is 18 year old Imelda McGrath, who first got to hear about the opportunity to sail on Rona II while doing some volunteer work with the [...]
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Life on board Tecla for the transatlantic race from Tenerife to Bermuda is going to be more like the United Nations than a crew of trainees, with seven nationalities sailing together. Apart from the Dutch family owners of the vessel, there are also Bermudians, Belgian, French, German, Danish and American. This smorgasbord of culture looks [...]
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Two birthdays were celebrated today in Tenerife amongst the crews of the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge. At the one end of the spectrum, Captain Gennadiy Kolomenskiy of the largest ship in the fleet, Kruzenshtern, celebrated his 68th birthday, while on one of the smallest vessels, Rona II, Kerrie Jones celebrated her 23rd.
Captain Kolomenskiy is a [...]
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One young Bermudians is looking forward to tomorrow, not just because it is the start of the race that will take him home to Bermuda, but because it will be his 16th birthday. Michael Byron has been on Spirit of Bermuda since they left home on 6 April, so the start of the second race [...]
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The prospect of being far from land and having just the sound of the wind in the sails is what Andreas Nielsen is looking forward to when Tecla sets sail tomorrow on the race to Bermuda. The 21 year old Dane has sailed dinghies when he was at school but has always wanted to sail [...]
