0500z 46/07s 97/289e, 11.7 knots @ 085degT, 20 knots wind west. Distance covered in past 24 hours: 248.9 nautical miles. Gybed this morning between two weather systems, en route to Western Australia
Author: Erin Brochu
1905 UTC, 45/54S 95/02E, 10.9 knots speed 25 knots wind WSW, 11007 nm on log, solent and 3 reefs in the main. Big seas today with winds 30/35/40. Same as last
by Rich Wilson, Skipper, Great American III The turning mark in the Vendée Globe is Antarctica. We will not see this cold continent as we circumnavigate it, but we will be
46/30S 87/25E, 35-45knots wind, 3 reefs in mainsail, no jib, 11 knots speed at 055T. Distance covered the past 24 hours: 241.5 nautical miles. Hammered yet again, big seas breaking, barograph descended,
by Jan Witting, Faculty, Sea Education Association Rich is alone in an endless landscape of waves, traveling the world’s oceans with occasional sightings of seabirds, flying fish, and whales. For
by Rich WIlson, Skipper, Great American III In the last two days here in the Indian Ocean, we have been hammered by two severe storms with near-hurricane-force winds and mountainous
1300utc, 48/14S 81/15E, 25-30 knots west wind, making 12.9 knots at 065deg course True, solent and 2 reefs in the mainsail. Distance covered in last 24 hours: 201.9 nautical miles. Had
0918 UTC 46/51S 73/59E, 12.5 knots speed, 20 knots wind SW, Solent un ris dans la grande voile. Off the Kerguelen Plateau at long last, seas much smoother. Mini-front came through last
46/46/s 68/46E 1349 UTC 12/18/2008, 10 knots, staysail and 3 reefs in the main, 28-34knots wind, WNW, making E course. Distance covered in last 24 hours: 260 nautical miles. We were
Distance covered the last 24 hours: 246.3 nautical miles. Making fast progress with solent and 3 reefs in the main. Read Seb Josse’s account of using his reacher and 3