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GRANDSTAND FINISH23rd May, 2009
Galway should prepare itself for a grandstand finish in the early hours of Sunday morning. The Dragon has had a good night and we have popped up out of stealth mode only 1 mile behind Puma in 2nd position. Some boats gybed later than us and some gybed earlier but it seems we have come good in the middle somewhere. We have also pushed the boat hard all night with the fractional spinnaker with no mishap
THIS LEG WILL LIVE WITH ME22nd May, 2009
It is 3 am pitch black and you are on the edge of control when the wind gusts to 42 knots and all the electronic instruments go out.What do you do next? The answer is you pray the helmsman somehow manages to keep steering that fine line between success and failure.
FIGHT TO THE FINISH21st May, 2009
It feels like we are in the North Atlantic now. The wind built to over 30 knots ahead of the front but with a nice sea state we managed to keep the masthead spinnaker up as far as the last ice gate. Since then we peeled to the fractional spinnaker and enjoyed an awesome ride as the waves rapidly built
A CLASSIC LEG21st May, 2009
It is just a classic leg, The States to Europe. Especially for us Boston to Galway for us this time. It is a short leg at only 2, 500 miles but we get a bit of everything
HEADING AROUND THE ICE GATE19th May, 2009
We are currently passing over the Southern tip of the Grand Banks 250 miles off Newfoundland, Canada. This is where the race committee have put the first of our ice gate waypoints. Having seen 4 icebergs in the Southern Ocean we have no urge to see any more right now.
Interview with Damian Foxall - pre Leg 10
Interview with Damian Foxall - pre Leg 10
INTERVIEW SKIPPER IAN WALKER - IN PORT RACE STOCKHOLM
INTERVIEW SKIPPER IAN WALKER - IN PORT RACE STOCKHOLM
