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Fond Christmas memories from the South
It’s been interesting following the various stories from the Vendee regarding power issues. Brit Alex Thomson has been having issues with broken hydrogenerators and last week Bernard Stamm admitted that his power issues would force him to make a pit …
Broken keel rams and heartache..it’s the Vendee
We’ve just passed the first week of the Vendee Globe and already one fifth of the fleet has retired. I’m not surprised. Historically this is the level of attrition and I suspect that before the fleet passed Cape Town another couple …
Sea, sport, and loving our environment
For some people the natural environment is highly addictive. Personally, I can testify to an almost insatiable appetite for spending time on the ocean. Is this desire innate? It’s possible, given that my mum spent almost every daylight hour on or …
Cape Town – a place where two oceans collide
I picked up a copy of Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson on my way out to the Beyond Sport summit and awards last week. We’ve been working round the clock to get the new Blue Project site launched and …
Sport Environment, Blue Mile followed by Americas Cup
What an incredible two weeks! Having arrived back from France fresh from competing in La Solitaire du Figaro, I joined my Sport Environment team and headed up to London to run the first edition of the London Blue Mile for …
La Solitaire du Figaro… A fierce battle
It’s difficult to sum up La Solitaire du Figaro in a single blog! Crossing the line in Dieppe certainly ranks as one of my best sailing moments. This race is one of raw emotion. There is no other race that …
Close your eyes for a moment at your peril!
As I left the pontoon in Dun Laoghaire, I felt very confident that this was going to be a good leg. My start was good and I rounded the first mark in 10th place. The wind was very unstable on …
A closer look at Leg 3 of the Solitaire
Leg 3 starts tomorrow at 11am local time and after a short windward-leeward infront of the harbour, we will head south following the mountainous eastern edge of Ireland. The forecast at the start is for a light westerly wind and …
Why the Solitaire is a key element for future Vendee Globe success
Leg 2 finished under a dramatic skyline, with the Irish mountains looming under some incredible lenticular clouds and gusts of 40knts roaring down the valleys. What a brilliant last 24 hours, firstly sailing delicately around the high pressure ridge, tacking …
A closer look at Leg 2 of La Solitaire
This morning we have been looking at the likely weather conditions for Leg 2 of La solitaire du Figaro which starts at 1400UT on Sunday 7th August. The leg is one of the longest of this year’s Solitaire and takes …
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