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Tricky downwind driving

Global Yacht Racing's P42

Global Yacht Racing

Tue 28 Oct 2008 07:52

37:22.9N 012:49.1E

Well, the wind filled in during the night and we're currently sailing downwind at anything up to 13 knots with a heavy, confused sea state. The wind seems constant at around 24 knots - considerably more than was forecast. Sunrise was impressive, but has been replaced by thick ominous looking grey clouds.

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Jun 2009

Thu 4 Jun 05:48
- Final miles...:-(
Wed 3 Jun 07:32
- UK on the horizon...
Mon 1 Jun 17:43
- ~400 miles to go, but still beating

May 2009

Sun 31 May 13:11
- hardcore...continued
Sat 30 May 09:30
- hardcore?
Fri 29 May 06:27
- easy night...what's next?
Thu 28 May 03:11
- yeah!...majorrr progress
Tue 26 May 16:56
- 3 wise men moving on...~1400 Miles to go
Fri 22 May 09:21
- surfin the Atlantic towards Azores: major progress!!! (finally)
Thu 21 May 11:33
- These are a few of my favourite things
Wed 20 May 10:59
- Update 20th May 9.50 GMT. Inclusing "Songs for Sailing #1"
Mon 18 May 20:41
- sunshine again
- better and better
Sun 17 May 14:53
- update at 12:00 GMT on 17/05/2009
Sat 16 May 02:08
- rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrough sea....
Fri 15 May 15:26
- update at 12:00 GMT on 15/05/2009
Thu 14 May 14:59
- Dolphins!
Wed 13 May 14:41
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Tue 12 May 15:00
- Day 7 on the Big Brother Boat
Mon 11 May 14:24
- again a fantastic day
Sun 10 May 14:46
- Amazing weather...
Sat 9 May 11:34
- Update 10:30 UTC 09/05/2009
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- update 13:30 UTC 08.05.2009
Thu 7 May 18:24
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Wed 6 May 20:30
- Leaving Falmouth Harbour Antigua

2008

Dec 2008

Tue 9 Dec 22:38
- ARC Log - Day 16
Mon 8 Dec 20:41
- ARC Log - Day 15
Sun 7 Dec 21:29
- ARC Log - Day 14
Sat 6 Dec 22:10
- ARC Log - Day 13
Fri 5 Dec 16:40
- ARC Log - Day 12
Thu 4 Dec 22:00
- ARC Log - Day 11
Wed 3 Dec 19:55
- ARC Log - Day 10
Tue 2 Dec 20:06
- ARC Log - Day 9
Mon 1 Dec 18:00
- ARC Log - Day 8

Nov 2008

Sun 30 Nov 19:08
- ARC Log - Day 7
Sat 29 Nov 19:15
- ARC Log - Day 6
Fri 28 Nov 21:14
- ARC Log - Day 5
Thu 27 Nov 20:16
- ARC Log - Day 4
Wed 26 Nov 16:42
- ARC Log - Day 3
Tue 25 Nov 19:22
- ARC Log - Day 2
Mon 24 Nov 16:37
- ARC Log - Day 1
Sun 23 Nov 13:23
- ARC Log - Preparation week
Thu 13 Nov 08:57
- Safely in the bar
Wed 12 Nov 11:15
- THE PERFECT TEN
Tue 11 Nov 12:08
- Boring
Mon 10 Nov 18:34
- Fish!
- IN THE WAKE OF COLUMBUS
- A good day for fishing...
Sun 9 Nov 11:00
- Kite up!
Sat 8 Nov 17:40
- Leaving Gibraltar
Fri 7 Nov 14:10
- Gibraltar
Thu 6 Nov 08:14
- SNOW!!
Wed 5 Nov 15:03
- Left Cartagena
Mon 3 Nov 11:17
- I don't really hate sailing
Sun 2 Nov 15:35
- I hate sailing
Sat 1 Nov 22:47
- Powered up!
- Specticles, testicles, wallet and watch...

Oct 2008

Fri 31 Oct 10:04
- Leaving Sardina
Wed 29 Oct 13:54
- Safe in Cagliari
Tue 28 Oct 17:59
- Playing with electricity
- Tricky downwind driving
Mon 27 Oct 16:15
- Leaving Malta
Sun 5 Oct 14:45
Sat 4 Oct 09:22
- Malta
Fri 3 Oct 19:09
- Tuna!
- Breakfast in Pantelleria
Thu 2 Oct 16:45
- Pantelleria pit-stop
- Hooning downwind
Wed 1 Oct 12:38
- Catch of the day...
- More of the same

Sep 2008

Tue 30 Sep 13:18
- Turtles!
- Sleepy
Mon 29 Sep 01:09
- Paul and the weather gods
Sat 27 Sep 11:58
- The rain in spain...
Fri 26 Sep 16:02
- Sailing again
- Boogies and More Wildlife.....
Thu 25 Sep 14:46
- Leaving Gibraltar
Wed 24 Sep 17:47
- Photos so far...
Tue 23 Sep 15:25
- Fish food
- Torsoes and Toenails
Mon 22 Sep 11:22
- Fog
- Cascais
Sat 20 Sep 18:05
- Nearly there!
- Kath's grand day out
Fri 19 Sep 13:00
Thu 18 Sep 15:43
- 45:18.0N 8:08.4W at 1645
- Happy birthday to me
Wed 17 Sep 21:06
Tue 16 Sep 18:34
- Slipped Plymouth

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