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| Vessel Name: | Cape Breton Island Clipper |
| Vessel Make/Model: | 68 ft Clipper |
17 July 2010 | Hull, England
The Fat Lady Sang
4th position..... That's where we finished race 14, the final race! With the winds getting lighter and lighter, we were quickly losing boat speed, and before I finished my night watch.... Australia had over taken us, and Qingdao was breathing down our neck!
16 July 2010 | off the coast of England
Blog 22 - Almost There!
I know this is my second post for today... But I forgot to mention the advantage we had over Jamaica since this morning! We watched them blow out their spinny right in front of us!! It was spectacular sight! Sad for them.... Helpful to us!
16 July 2010 | Holland
Blog 21 - Pulling Away
After our disastrous start to this race, and fight upwind through the wind farms last evening, we managed to gain some mileage back on our competitors! On my night shift, we flew our heavy weight spinnaker in what even I(known as Spinnaker Woman at home) would call 'testy' conditions!
15 July 2010 | Holland
Blog 20 - Windmills, Clogs, and Race Start
Well here we are in IJumuiden, Holland (about 40 minutes outside Amsterdam). This was a short stopover, and really only scheduled as a muster point for the fleet after Cork, and before we head to the grand finale in Hull. Our race into Ijmuiden was much faster than anticipated. Therefore the crews had [...]
13 July 2010 | Ireland
Blog 18 - WELL over due blog
ok... so keeping up with the blogs is NOT as eay as I thought it would be. I have one on the boat which I need to email and then post. it belongs here... im trying to stay on top of them to keep you all as well informed as possible. you would think when on shore it would be easy, but without a laptop [...]
Blog 18 - WELL over due blog
anyway... so I will update you on my times in Ireland and my travel shortly, and I will do the nxt one which was the race from Cork to Holland!
