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Vessel Name: Cape Breton Island Clipper
Vessel Make/Model: 68 ft Clipper
17 July 2010 | Hull, England
16 July 2010 | off the coast of England
16 July 2010 | Holland
13 July 2010 | Ijmuiden, Holland
13 July 2010 | Ireland
10 July 2010 | Ireland
28 June 2010 | Kinsale, Ireland
25 June 2010 | Mid-Atlantic
21 June 2010 | Crossing the Atlantic
19 June 2010 | Sydney Harbour
18 June 2010 | Sydney, NS
17 June 2010 | home!
12 June 2010
09 June 2010 | A day from Cape Breton
07 June 2010 | Cape Breton Bound
06 June 2010 | Departing New York
03 June 2010 | New York City
02 June 2010 | New York
29 May 2010 | New York bound
Recent Blog Posts
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 | Ijmuiden, Holland

Blog 19 - Holding Strong - 3rd place AGAIN!

Holding Strong

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 [...]

The Fat Lady Sang

17 July 2010 | Hull, England
Meredith Macneill
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!
Congrats to Cork skipper and crew, as the pulled out their first win in the whole year! But its disappointing to not stand on the podium for this last haul! I really thought we had it.

This is still nothing really to complain about.... We will be on the overall podium receiving a blue 3rd place banner for all the skill and hard work over the past 10 month from a variety of people from all over the world!

I will continue the updates after we dock, the prize giving ceremony has commenced and I have had a shower before the final crew party tonight!!
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