Phesheya-Racing – The beat goes on.
Posted by Mathew | 2 Sep 2010 |
| 2 Comments Aboard Phesheya-Racing today has been much like yesterday – tack, tack, reef mainsail, tack, shake out reef, tack, tack. All a bit tedious. Anyway, as far as we can make out congratulations seem to be in order for Concise 2 who have sailed a great Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race and who appear to [...]
Phesheya-Racing and the beat route
Posted by Mathew | 1 Sep 2010 |
| 2 Comments We have now been bashing into a south easterly breeze and rough seas for 24 hours and the forecast seems to be more of the same. The logbook seems to sum it all up quite well: 00H00 Tacked towards Bull Rock 01H00 Tacked back out to sea 03H15 Tacked,Dolphins following for the last hour or [...]
Wildlife viewing during the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race
Posted by Mathew | 31 Aug 2010 |
| 2 Comments It has been a long 24 hours of batteling with very little wind. Yesterday afternoon after a few knots of wind filled in we hoisted the A2 made a few gybes and finally passed Black Rock. Once we passed Black Rock we sailed into another hole, where we dropped the A2 and hoisted the solent. [...]
Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race Day 8
Posted by Mathew | 30 Aug 2010 |
| 1 Comment Yesterday afternoon turned into one of our most memorable days at sea thus far. We sailed over the edge of the continental shelf and the seas began to smooth out into longer swells. We hoisted the A4 and shook out a reef. We were soon surfing down the waves in 20 knots of breeze in [...]
Phesheya-Racing approaching Ireland
Posted by Mathew | 30 Aug 2010 |
Just a short blog today as we are having problems with our comms equipment today. Rounded Sula Sgeir yesterday evening in no wind but were soon reaching under double reefed main and solent. Overtook Edinburgh Inspiring Capital but then dropped the solent as the wind and sea got really rough. Rounded St. Kilda at sunrise [...]
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