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Downwind… 26 April 2012
Direct from Onboard: The stars covered the sky as we sailed north. The air was cool and I felt that soon we might need to wear long sleeves at night time. The sun rose and once again the sky was bright blue with scattered cumulus clouds covering the sky. The ocean has changed from [...]
Thought for food-25 April 2012
Direct from Onboard: Yesterday Phillippa mentioned how one starts to fantasize about fresh food in the middle of a long leg like this one. I first realised I had a problem when Marco, aboard Financial Crisis, sent us an email entitled “Foul current” and I immediately began to have visions involving chickens and raisins for [...]
FFFFF Fast Flying Fish! 24 April 2012
Direct from Onboard: This is what the trade sailing is all about….. fast, steady, breezy sailing in the sunshine with lots of flying fish about! The 24 hours have been great as progress has been good with our fastest days run this leg at 256 miles. With 3700 miles completed on this leg, at [...]
And then the handle of the spoon broke… 23 April 2012
Direct from Onboard: We pushed the boat as hard as we dared last night, all night, trying to get the better of this annoying counter current and trying to keep pace with Financial Crisis while keeping Sec.Hayai at bay. Despite our best efforts we still found ourselves fighting a current that peaked at 3.57 knots [...]
What an eventful 24 hours! 22 April 2012
Direct From Onboard: We have done numerous sail changes with almost every sail on board! At sun rise we changed from the solent to the gennaker as we got our sun rise lift. The sea changed colour to a deep blue and the birds started to come out. 3 hours later we changed to the [...]
Sargasso Weed I Gotcha! 21st April 2012
DIRECT FROM ONBOARD: Phesheya is reaching along in the trade winds under full main and solent. It is too tight to carry a kite or gennaker at the moment. Every time we think we can change a gear we get headed so we are reaching along at 10 knots average. On the odd occasion we [...]
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Escaping the Doldrums – 20 April 2012
Direct from Onboard: Escaping the Doldrums has not been easy and we have had a frustrating time watching Financial Crisis creep further and further away as she locks into the NE trade winds ahead of us. The morning dawned with massive cumulonimbus clouds all around us and Phesheya-Racing sailing rather sluggishly even though we had [...]
Across the Equator -19 April 2012
Direct from Onboard: Phesheya-Racing crossed the Equator in 38*54′.670 W at 15:57 for the second time in her circumnavigation during the Global Ocean Race. Crossing 0 degrees of latitude has become almost a habit for Nick as this is his 18th Equator crossing! This is my second time across the Equator with my first time [...]
Charging along:Watt’n'Sea hydrogenerator-18 April 2012
Direct from Onboard: A highlight of yesterday was that Phillippa was again interviewed by Cape Talk radio who have been following our campaign from the early days of the Global Ocean Race. One unavoidable challenge that all the skippers face during the Global Ocean Race has been how to keep the boat’s batteries charged to [...]
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