Tag Archives: Atlantic Challenge
Summary Report
Posted on 29. Sep, 2009 by admin.
A summary report of the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge is available to download below.
Summary Report of the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge
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Epic Landscapes, Fish and Chips and Sheep
Posted on 10. Aug, 2009 by admin.
Matthew Maples, the ASTA intern on board Europa, has sent in the following report on their last 24 hours in Ireland:
“Our anchor now lies at the bottom of blue Ballycastle Bay while our silent
sails, furled and lashed to the yards; get their deserved rest from their
work. No longer sailing, the hatches and portholes are [...]
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Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge Update: Race 5 – Day 18
Posted on 07. Aug, 2009 by admin.
Race 5 of the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge continues until all the vessels have crossed the finish line. While Cisne Branco was indisputably the first ship across the finish line, all the positions on corrected time are subject to change until all the ships have finished racing.
This is graphically illustrated by today’s race report which [...]
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A Poem for the Sea
Posted on 03. Aug, 2009 by admin.
Jannette Sluik from the Dutch vessel Tecla reports that she has found a sea poem that she has kept for many years and all trainees wanted this to be their blog entry for their wet and windy Sunday.
SEA-FEVER by John Masefield
I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And [...]
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Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge Update: Race 5 – Day 12
Posted on 01. Aug, 2009 by admin.
There have been no change in the positions of the leaders over the past 24 hours. The Brazilian Class A ship Cisne Branco remains in the lead on corrected time both overall and in Class. In second place overall is Capitan Miranda from Uruguay, with the Class B Tecla from the Netherlands in third place [...]
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Around the Waypoint and Good Food
Posted on 27. Jul, 2009 by admin.
Bryn Kewley on the UK yacht Rona II reports on a day that took them past the Waypoint which was a huge moral boost for the crew. He reports:
“We had encountered adverse weather on the long journey to the waypoint which had begun to drag as we had logged many more miles than the distance between the [...]
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Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge Update: Race 5-Day 6
Posted on 26. Jul, 2009 by admin.
Positions have changed yet again as all the vessels have now passed the waypoint and are now heading directly for Belfast. In the lead on corrected time, both overall and in Class B is Jolie Brise (UK) once again, with Tecla (Netherlands) now in second place overall and in Class B. Third overall on corrected [...]
