Archive for 2013
Leg 3, Race 4, Cape Town to Albany, Australia, across the Southern Ocean
At the start of leg 3, Henri Lloyd had 32 points and they were in the lead overall. Leg 3 – Race 4 – Cape Town to Albany, Australia Crossing the Southern Ocean, usually defined as further than 40 degrees latitude south, is a journey not undertaken by the majority of sailors and as a…
Read MoreWest Midland Bird Club
When Humphrey Miller, chairman of the Solihull branch of the West Midland Bird Club, heard about my “crazy adventure”, in my Dad’s words, he not only gave me a personal donation towards my berth fee, he set in motion a chain of events which would lead to the West Midland Bird Club giving me sponsorship. He…
Read MoreLeg 2, Race 3, Rio to Cape Town
There are more details of the Race Scoring on my previous post! They started this leg with an overall total of 19 points. Leg 2 – Race 3 – Rio to Cape Town, South Africa This leg contained just one race, back across the Atlantic Ocean from Rio de Janeiro to Cape Town in South…
Read MoreLeg 1, Races 1 and 2, London to Rio!
Click for more details of the Race Scoring. Leg 1, Race 1 – London to Brest, France Race 1 was due to be a short race from London to Brest, but time and bad weather caused the race to be stopped prematurely, making the race even shorter and giving a disappointing result for Henri Lloyd.…
Read MoreIt’s a race? What do all those terms mean?
It occurs to me that we haven’t told you about how Anita’s boat Henri Lloyd is faring so far! Before we go into lots of detail, a little background information. The Overall Race The overall race is made up of 16 smaller races. The winner of the overall race is determined by the number of…
Read More“Today I’m going to beast you”
One of the reasons you have a personal trainer is that you know he’s going to make you work hard and get the best out of the time spent in the gym. Ok, maybe that’s two reasons. There are others. So when you arrive and he says, “Today I’m going to beast you”, you know…
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