Wind is North at 17 knots, barometer is 1028mb and slowly dropping, boats speed is 10-13 knots, sails are reacher and full main. Last night I rolled up the solent
Author: Erin Brochu
As the cold front approached the fleet, there were periods of intense rain. Before the front, there were forecast to be 40-45 knots of wind. These appeared. With big seas,
The winds at the start had been predicted for 10 days to be very strong and building. My great shore crew got off into our rented inflatable after hugs all
Nov 9, 2008 At the boat by 7:30 am, we had been given special tags to get through the police barriers which blocked certain roads near the port. At 7am,
by Rich Wilson, Skipper Great American III The Vendée Globe race instructions state simply: start at Les Sables d’Olonne (France), leave Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) to port, leave Cape
by Dr. Dava Newman, Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems My motto for teaching aerospace biomedical engineering at MIT is “Love, Act, Discover, and Innovate”, and this motto has
Question asked by Neal: In one of your articles, you said that you don’t get to go to sea much anymore. Why? And what do you like about going to