Category Archives: GENERAL

They shouldn’t have sent that SMS congratulating themselves on having delayed the start of their voyage until the really good weather. They’d been fishing, sunbathing and slipping along under full main and genaker for nearly two weeks. They had caught … Continue reading →

After a couple of delays for last-minute celebrations with the wonderful folk on the Canary Island of Gomera, Emmanuel and Maximilien Bergque cast Micromegas 5 off from the dock in the middle of the afternoon of Wednesday 4 January 2012, … Continue reading →

Unfortunately, I had to leave Capetown just as Telefonica stormed in to win the first leg of the  2011 Volvo. A typical showery blow had set in, with Table Mountain wearing a dark, heavy duvet (down comforter) rather than a … Continue reading →

The Charente Maritime/Bahia Transat 6.5 (Mini-Transat to most of us) kicked off one man short when Jean-Marc Allaire drowned after falling overboard in quite light winds in the heavy swell off Cap-Ferret. All the skippers survived the race itself, but … Continue reading →

In my younger days, if you were stuck in harbour on a boat – or at home with nothing but ball games and quizzes on the TV – there were only a few options. You could read a book or … Continue reading →