Bread
Day 67
Noon Position: 48 42S 47 48W
Course/Speed: ESE 5
Wind: WNW 10
Sail: Both headsails poled out
Bar: 1006
Sea: Flat
Sky: Overcast, squalls to windward
Cabin Temp...
Day 67
Noon Position: 48 42S 47 48W
Course/Speed: ESE 5
Wind: WNW 10
Sail: Both headsails poled out
Bar: 1006
Sea: Flat
Sky: Overcast, squalls to windward
Cabin Temp...
Scallywag approaching the finish line in Hong Kong |
It was a hometown heroes welcome for David Witt and his crew aboard Team Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag as they rocketed into Hong Kong to take their first leg win of the Volvo Ocean Race.
With every great win comes a ripple effect. Annalise Murphy’s silver medal in sailing at the Rio Olympics in 2016 was good news for the country, for sport, and the sailing community in general. But how has the bounce been felt one year on?
Day 66
Noon Position: 49 27S 49 11W
Course/Speed: NNE3
Wind: S7
Sail: Both headsails poled out full, flopping around
Bar: 1002, steady
Sea: Small rollers from the N and SW
Sky...
Crewmember Alex Gough being helped back on board |
Over the years I have been pretty outspoken about the use of lifejackets and safety harnesses...
JOHANNESBURG - New Kaizer Chiefs signing Siphelele Ntshangase says he is "living the dream" after his move from Baroka and his debut last weekend against Polokwane City.
Vanishing Sail, a multi-award winning Caribbean documentary film, is to be shown at the Barn Cinema, Dartington Hall Estate, near Totnes, at 7:30 pm on Thursday 25 January. The organisers would be very pleased to see SYC members at this event.
Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, 86, has told his staff he is recuperating from a back injury suffered while sailing earlier this month and may spend weeks working from home.
Due to popular demand we have add another date to this course, it will be on Saturday 27th January
Inspiration and gratitude flow from the mundane in an annual review of Totem’s year by the numbers. We’re serious about tracking data on Totem; Jamie but can’t resist having fun with analysis (annual cheese consumption, anyone?
Spindrift 2 dismasted |
There is a superstition among sailors that it’s bad luck to change the name of a boat. According to legend, when a boat is named the name is recorded in the ‘Ledger of the Deep’ and is known personally to Neptune...
#223: Paul Exner is one of our best friends, and easily the best sailor I’ve ever sailed with. Paul is Isbjorn’s Racing skipper, and is the only person – besides mad dad – who I’ve trusted to sail Isbjorn offshore without me being aboard.
Written by Ben Stein on Jan 15, 2018 for Panbo, The Marine Electronics Hub