Update day 80: squalls!
The doldrums at the equator are known for wide swaths of calm and raging rain squalls that can spin the wind around the clock and have...
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Update day 79: Investing in the future!
The sun rose in front of me again today, reminding me of the mornings in the south where my constant pursuit of the east had me chasing...
Newsletter #26, week 11
THE question Last Thursday, Armel Le Cléac’h took first place in the 8th edition of the Vendée Globe and British sailor Alex Thomson...
Update, day 78: cool guest onboard!
The temperature is certainly changing as I head northwards, not so surprisingly becoming hot and steamy as I approach the Brazilian coast...
Update, day 77: magic moments!
Thank you for your warm wishes and hearty breaths. It appears to have done the trick as I am making decent progress given the conditions...
Update day 76
I'm stuck! Just as yesterday I enjoyed an unexpected good run with ideal conditions to make miles northwards, now the weather files have...
Update, day 75
I have been pretty busy these last couple of days dealing with problems in my little corner of the world and now as I take up the...
Newsletter #25, week 10
Cape Horn! After 66 days, 16 hours and 14 minutes of racing, Foresight Natural Energy passed Cape Horn. Having already been around the...
Update, day 70: Roaring Forties
Entering the "Roaring Forties", the band of latitude between 40 and 50 degrees south, is always a great moment. When going down the south...
Update day 68: Falkland Islands
Northwards! After rounding Isla de los Estados, the South American Sicily off the tip of the peninsula, I finally turned left for real...
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