Here is a little update of the crew aboard : " Let’s start with the highlight of the day. This morning the sun was shining early. We finally got to feel that warm light we have been longing, the one that dries everything on deck. You can get up and turn your lower back towards the sun and in a c...
Here is a little update of the crew aboard : " Let’s start with the highlight of the day. This morning the sun was shining early. We finally got to feel that warm light we have been longing, the one that dries everything on deck. You can get up and turn your lower back towards the sun and in a c...
Here is a little update of the crew aboard : " Let's start with the s*** of the day, or rather the night. Our Main got tired of getting hit by the spinnaker halyards and split in half... not in half: closer to the bottom. In the middle of the night! We "engineered" a way to repair it, meaning we...
Here is a little update of the crew aboard : " 800 nautical miles from the finish line! Let’s start with our biggest high yesterday: we were 2 nm ahead of Comanche, the BIGGEST race boat in the WORLD., cruising along on our little Girafon at 14 knots when a 30 meters missile passed us at 25 knot...
Here is a little update of the crew aboard : " Girafon is putting the pedal to the metal! 228 nautical miles the last 24 hours, but it’s hard to beat the 55 + ft monsters with our meager 34 ft. The length of their waterline with the wind in their back is pushing them fast forward. Fred is in b...
Here is a little update of the crew aboard : " Short note this morning: Looking into a mechanical issue right now, and soon I will be an expert marine electrician as well: I now know all there is to know about serpentine belts... while Fred is having fun at 12 knots! Nothing broken: the belt is ...
Here is a little update of the crew aboard : " 26.5 N / 133.53 W. Would be nice if we had some wind. Last night was really light again. This is the last time we will talk about that previous s*** thing, you know... Girafon’s port leg. For the neophytes: she was walking on 3 legs. For the sailors...
Here is a little update of the crew aboard: "Once again, I won't be playing "petanque" and sipping "pastis" at Marc's to celebrate Bastille Day. One of these days, I promise I will hang-up my ...
Here is a little update of the crew aboard : "Hi all, Sorry for lack of communications: busy sailing and trying to get our stomachs to settle a bit. The start went well, but it’s not easy being the smallest boat of a fleet. We decided to go upwind to get around Catalina, and as soon as we passed ...