LIFE IS A JOURNEY #Clipper
LEG 5, RACE 7Start marinaSubic Bay Yacht Club, PhilippinesEnd marinaSubic Bay Yacht Club, PhilippinesStart date23rd February 2020Days at sea11 (predicted) | 11 (actual)Distance1600 (predicted) | 1977 nm (actual)Max wind speed52.4 knotsTypical clothesDay - shorts and T-shirt. Night - foulies (due to spray and waves)WildlifeMany many dolphins. Some flying fish, desperate to join us on deck!Clipper …
Continue reading "Leg 5, Race 7 – A nice change from wind holes"
LEG 5, RACE 6The Asia-Pacific ChallengeStart marinaCoral Sea Marina | Resort - Whitsundays, AustraliaEnd marinaSubic Bay Yacht Club, Philippines - was supposed to be SanyaStart date20th January 2020Days at sea26 (predicted) | 26 (actual)Distance3800 (predicted) | 4403 nm - to SanyaMax wind speed41.9 knotsTypical clothesDay - shorts and T-shirt, if that! Night - shorts and …
Continue reading "Leg 5, Race 6 – A team that inks together, stays together."
LEG 4, RACE 5 The Australian Coast-to-CoastStart marinaFremantle Sailing Club, AustraliaEnd marinaCoral Sea Marina | Resort - Whitsundays, AustraliaStart date22nd December 2019Days at sea20 (predicted) | 22 (actual)Distance4000 nm | 3896 nmMax wind speed43 knotsTypical clothesDay - shorts and T-shirt. Night - foulies (due to spray and waves breaking over deck)WildlifeSo many dolphins!!1 x whale …
So it's really happening. T minus 48 hours until I fly to Perth to join my Zhuhai crew in Fremantle. First pass of bag packing done. Although it's going to take a second attempt tomorrow, as I found some stragglers after I'd zipped everything in. On the plus side, it's quite the workout fitting everything …
St. Katharine Docks is the only marina in central London, and located close to some of the capital's most famous landmarks, namely the Tower of London and Tower Bridge. The fleet of eleven 70 foot Clipper yachts were berthed in the docks’ Centre Basin for a week-long event in August, before they departed for the …
I turned up to Gosport Marina with as much excitement and nervousness as I had for all of my previous Clipper training weeks. We started the week gently, with an 08:00 sign in, and my first task to go and pick up more of my new Musto kit - water bottle, crew shorts, and UV …
Bright and early, one Saturday morning, I made my way to Grahame Robb Associates - Wokefield Park ready for Team Zhuhai’s Team Building weekend. We started out by gathering in a small hut, by some rather enticing structures, which unfortunately had to wait.... We gathered in the hut to (as a team) review the output …
The long awaited Crew Allocation Day has now been and gone. I finally found out which team I will be racing with, and which lucky Skipper will have the privilege of leading me on this amazing adventure. I turned up to Portsmouth Guildhall (with my dad) for 10:00, and patiently queued to collect my Clipper …
Continue reading "Practice does not make perfect. Only PERFECT practice makes perfect."
Prior to my Level 2, I had an amazing couple of days with friends and family, the perfect opportunity to share details of my upcoming adventure with anyone and everyone who asked about it. Thankfully (for my Clipper Bug) the locals at The Crofton were particularly interested in asking about, and hearing about, any and …
Continue reading "If everyone is moving forward to together, then success takes care of itself."
Level 1 has now been and gone - wow what a first week my Clipper life on the sea has been. It was one of the toughest mental challenges I've faced in a very long time, but I wouldn't have changed a thing. I loved every minute! With my oversized waterproof sleeping bag & boots …
TC’s CLIPPER JOURNEY - A Crew Blog 