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Underway on Leg 2 of the Transat
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- Published on Monday, 05 October 2009 14:25
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Underway on Leg 1 of the Transat
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- Published on Sunday, 20 September 2009 23:59
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New Video - Azores Race
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- Published on Friday, 19 September 2008 11:10
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Click here to check out the latest video on You Tube from the very windy Azores race (8 mins).
Close fight in the overall Mini rankings
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- Published on Sunday, 06 July 2008 11:31
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A battle is developing at the top of the rankings. I am currently joint 4th of the 114 ranked sailors in the Series class, hampered by having competed in only two qulaifying races this season. The upcoming Azores race is the big scoring event of the year with both legs and the overall result counting, so the rankings are still wide open. To see the full ranking click here.
Mini Fastnet 08 Reports
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- Published on Thursday, 26 June 2008 16:55
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Check out the Daily Sail web site for a full report on the race. For those who can read french check out the report on the winches club site (look out for the James Bond jokes) and the SeaSurfSail web site.
Daily Sail Feature
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- Published on Monday, 07 April 2008 16:36
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For those of you with a subscription to the Daily Sail have a look at their latest feature - an article on the campaign and the latest developments in the class.
Fastnet videos on You Tube
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- Published on Thursday, 28 February 2008 09:56
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Check out the video of the 2006 Mini Fastnet onboard Base Camp on You Tube. Also on the Aviva Ocean Racing channel have a look at the video of the windy 2007 Fastnet Prologue race and a tour of the boat with Open 60 skipper Dee Caffari .
Trans Gascogne Leg 2 reports
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- Published on Thursday, 02 August 2007 16:11
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The weather was a lot more friendly for the return leg from Spain. We had a few hours of reaching at over 11 knots with the Gennaker set. Click here to check out Harry Spedding's report on the Aviva Ocean Racing site .
Also have a look at my Co-Skipper, Dee Caffari's report on her web site.
Extreme Leg 1 Photos
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- Published on Friday, 27 July 2007 18:49
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Transgascogne Report
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- Published on Friday, 27 July 2007 12:35
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4th in the Pornichet Select
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- Published on Thursday, 10 May 2007 09:56
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The Pornichet Select: 4th place in this 300 mile solo tactical race (with many islands and rocks affecting both the breeze and tide) was a good result.
Local knowledge from winter training in Pornichet helped me to 2nd place at Belle Ile - just behind the eventual winner, Fransisco on 607. At this point I started to feel very ill and by the time we had rounded the island I was back in the middle of the 41 strong Series fleet.
The next 18 hours were spend VMG running in a pack. I had a lot of work to do if I was going to finish in the top 10 but still not feeling 100%, I took a few 10 minute cat naps.