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Update, day 67: Cape Horn
Third time around and solo! It feels amazing to be finally around the last major landmark on the course and now focus on getting as much...
Update, day 66: "doublethink"
George Orwell's dystopian sci-fi novel, 1984, was famous for many things. Flying helicopter cars, centralized authoritarian governments...
Newsletter #24: week 9
Epic start to 2017 After celebrating Christmas, things spiced up for the New Year. 2017 was looking great: Conrad was catching up with...
Update, day 64: chilly !
Ok, it's seriously COLD down here now. I have 1100 miles to go until the Horn but at 54 degrees south I am only a thousand miles from...
Update, day 61
It feels wonderful to be heading eastwards again, with mast pointing upwards, sails in the middle pulling me forwards and the keel in its...
Update day 58: critical situation!
January 1st, Conrad contacted his technical team to say that the primary structural forestay had disconnected at the bottom, taking the...
Update, day 56: Happy New Year !
Hi everyone Just a small note to say Happy New Year! Whether you're watching the silver ball fall in Times Square or watching the sun...
Update day 55: one punch knock out
After writing previously that my strategy with the big depression had worked out as planned, that I had stepped in front of a bus but...
Update, day 52: riding ahead of the storm!
Well, I certainly know that the cold front has passed over! It's freezing down here at 52 degrees south in a cold air mass, without a...
Update day 47: Merry Christmas
It's Christmas season and I'm sure you are all rushing around and sometimes lose track of which way is up. Sadly my boat has the same...
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