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Ocean Challenge Live! – The Vendee Globe 2008

Ocean Challenge Live! - The Vendee Globe 2008

Solo, Non-Stop, Around-the-World Race

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    • Prof. Dava Newman, M.I.T.
    • Dr. Brien Barnewolt, Emergency Medicine, Tufts Medical Ctr.
    • Dava Sobel, Author, Longitude, Galileo’s Daughter
    • Dr. Chris Fanta, Asthma, Brigham & Women’s Hosp.
    • Capt. Eric Wallischecke, USMS
    • Samuel Scott, Maritime Art, Peabody Essex Museum
    • Dr. Jan Witting, Sea Education Association
    • Marti Shea, Select Fitness
    • Dr. Ioannis N. Miaoulis, Museum of Science
    • Laura Mirabella, Shipping Broker
    • Capt. Murray Lister, M.V. Cape York
    • Dr. Ambrose Jearld, National Marine Fisheries Service
    • Dr. Chuck Czeisler, Sleep, Brigham & Women’s Hosp.
    • Sean T. Connaughton, U.S. Maritime Administrator
    • Lorraine Leo, Technology Teacher
    • Rich du Moulin, Owner, Intrepid Shippin
    • Scott Hamilton, Investment Advisor & Explorer
  • Teacher’s Guide 2008
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  • A Call to AntarcticaOn March 10, 2009 at 13:43:19 French time, Skipper Rich Wilson and Great American III crossed the finish line at Les Sables d'Olonne. Race time: 121 days, 41 minutes and 19 seconds
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Category: Ship Log

Day 68 – Familiar Territory

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Erin Brochu

2005utc 44/26/s 118/41w, wind 25-30 knots north and building, speed 9 knots, storm jib and 3 reefs in main, seas 15 feet and building. Earlier we sailed directly into the

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Day 67 – Crossing to the North

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Erin Brochu

2230 utc 45/46s 121/25w, 11 knots at 027T, storm jib and 3 reefs in the main. We are trying to get north, across the trough of the storm, and head

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Day 66 – Alone in the south

Posted on January 14, 2009 by Erin Brochu

1108 utc  49/11s 128/48w 10.3 knots speed heading east , 25-28 knots SSE wind, staysail and 3 reefs. Distance traveled in last 24 hours: 176.8 nautical miles. Tried the storm jib

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Day 65 – A foreboding low

Posted on January 13, 2009 by Erin Brochu

Wind hole at the start of the day, then the ominous dark of the low appeared over the horizon to the NW, very foreboding. As wind came in we followed

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Day 64 – Weather Warning

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Erin Brochu

1651utc, 48/39S 136/31W, 6.2knots @ 135T, solent, 2 reefs, wind 8 knots SW. Distance covered in last 24 hours: 129 nautical miles. After making 10-11 knots since the ice gate, trying

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Day 63 – Storm jib is ready

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Erin Brochu

1720 utc  47/08S 141/08W, 10.4 knots speed, staysail, three reefs, 25 knots SW wind. Running southeast to try to escape the worst of the coming storm. At the ice gate,

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Day 62 – Winch repair

Posted on January 10, 2009 by Erin Brochu

1813utc 46/01s 146/17w, 10 knots speed, 15 knots west wind, reacher and one reef, sailing deep, aiming directly at west end of west Pacific ice gate, plan to gybe immediately

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Day 61 – Now is the time

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Erin Brochu

2310 utc 47/37S 151/01W, reacher and one reef, 14.2 knots speed, 20 knots west wind, going for west Pacific ice gate. There is an intense low located north of the

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The Bond Between Mariners

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Erin Brochu

1734utc 48/08S 164/39W, 12 knots @ 093T, staysail and 3 reefs in the mainsail, seas down, 25 knots NNW wind, barograph 1023mb. Distance sailed in last 24 hours: 269.8 nautical miles.

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Je pense de Jean

Posted on January 6, 2009 by Erin Brochu

175utc 48/03S 171/35W storm jib and 3 reefs in the mainsail, 30 knots N wind, speed 10.2 knots @ 090T for New Zealand ice gate west end. Miles covered in last

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