Clipper 13-14 Race
The long grey watch
Last night’s first watch, 8pm to midnight, was a bit longer than expected. The watch started innocuously enough, with some stars, minimal cloud cover but no moon. It soon clouded over though. It meant that everything was a shade of grey. We were trying to trim the spinnaker by distinguishing its light grey colour from…
Read MoreAnd so to Panama
Leg 7 has already started. It started on Saturday, and it just barely entered my consciousness that yesterday was Easter Sunday so I guess today must be Monday. Hopefully this will be published in real time, as soon as I have sent the email once I have found the address. It means that you will…
Read MoreLeg 7, Race 11, Henri Lloyd just before Race Start
Here’s my first post from California. Ray and I met Anita in San Francisco and we all enjoyed a few days holiday together. Race 11 started from San Francisco on Saturday 19th April and we were lucky enough to join other “friends and family” on a catamaran to follow the Parade of Sail and see…
Read MoreHong Kong to Qingdao
Almost as soon as we left Hong Kong, it was cold and grey. On the way in to Hong Kong we had just about been able to get away with sailing in summer attire, maybe with one added layer, and foulie bottoms at night. That was no longer the case. Out came the merino wool…
Read MoreRoyal Hong Kong Yacht Club
We arrived in the dark. As Eric hoped, it was too late for the repair be done that day, and the refuelling station was closed. As we were securing our mooring lines, Invest Africa were running their engines prior to casting theirs off. I did manage to share a couple of minutes with Peter, and…
Read MoreEn Route to Hong Kong
Once given the devastating news, we took the Yankee down to reduce stress on the forestay and turned on the engine. Then we just got on with it. There was nothing else we could do. Watches were again reduced to six hours off duty and two on. As we had not been at sea for…
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