Tag Archives: Rona II
Last Blog from Rona II
Posted on 16. Aug, 2009 by admin.
Rona II skipper Chris Matthews has sent in this their final blog entry on the past two days in Belfast:
“What a day, after breakfast some of the crew went on a tour and talk to the shipyard where Titanic was built. We saw the room where the plans were drawn up and then went out [...]
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Message in a Bottle
Posted on 03. Aug, 2009 by admin.
Here is latest blog entry from Rona II with a full rollcall:
“First all thank you to all the friends, family and random bloggers who have both read and left comments on our blog. All comments are greatly appreciated and really help crew moral. As requested we have put together a list of crew members with [...]
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Just a Normal Day in the Atlantic
Posted on 31. Jul, 2009 by admin.
Julian Burton-Pierce, a trainee on board Rona II, has sent in the following report of the vessel’s past 24 hours:
“Day 11 began with chaos once again, with the ocean waves reaching heights of 15 feet and wind speeds of force 8 at times, allowing the boys on watch to boast having sailed in an Atlantic [...]
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Sodden Clothes and Rations
Posted on 30. Jul, 2009 by admin.
Dom De’ath and Steve Jackson, two crew members of Rona II have sent in the following report of their last 24 hours:
“We are currently surfing down 10 foot rolling waves and touching on 11 knots of speed through the water. We have regained first position as we have closed in by 40 nautical miles on our [...]
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Atlantic Swimming and… Meringues
Posted on 29. Jul, 2009 by admin.
Rona II have reported that they emerged into clear skies after a long period of mist and fog only to have the wind disappear at the same time meaning their speed fell to zero. They send in this report of their last 24 hours.
“The lack of wind precipitated the highlight of the day – a swim in [...]
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Challenges and Secret Santa
Posted on 28. Jul, 2009 by admin.
Toyin Kimber-McCall has sent in the following update from Rona II as they cross the Atlantic:
“Today we were still on a high from Blue watch setting the top speed of 12.7 knots. This morning the banter started early with blue watch being the clowns of the crew. Today Blue watch was on mother watch and the breakfast consisted [...]
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High Spirits, Plumbing and Soup…again
Posted on 26. Jul, 2009 by admin.
Steve Jackson and Matt O’Connell have sent through the following report from Rona II:
“After 48 hours of being hard on the wind there has been an obvious affect on the entire crew. We are all very tired. When the boat is at 30 degrees all tasks are exhausting and it is extremely hard to sleep [...]
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A Challenging Day
Posted on 25. Jul, 2009 by admin.
The fifth day of the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge has brought real meaning to the word ‘Challenge’. Liam Fullbrook and Matt O’Connell of Rona II describe their challenging day:
“The wind which seems to have been absent over the past few days came today all at once bringing force 6 and 7 winds and some seriously [...]
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In the Groove
Posted on 23. Jul, 2009 by admin.
Yesterday Steve Jackson, one of the crew of Rona II, the UK yacht, filed the following report:
“Today was white watche’s first on motherwatch, a delicious breakfast of fried potatoes, scrambled eggs and baked beans were laid on for a ravenous crew. 31 miles were completed overnight as white watch enjoyed their ‘golden kip’, which was [...]
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Appointments and Pink Cowboy Hats
Posted on 21. Jul, 2009 by admin.
The crew of Rona II enjoyed their final shower for three weeks yesterday, before setting sail for the race start. The final thing they had to do before leaving was to appoint a Director of Renewable Resources and his two Deputies. The Directorship post carries a reward package commensurate with that of a Watch Officer and [...]
