Portimao to Punta Del Este, Day 15, Race 2, 30/09/2019

Hey hey,

Mum got in contact yesterday! They have crossed the equator!

“Just crossed the equator. Very happy people on board. First team and my watch was the first watch to cross the equator this race.
Now racing towards the ocean sprint
Life at an angle is hard, especially cooking, but the wind should be getting lighter in the next 24 hours.
Can’t wait to see land now.”

Thanks for reading! 

Portimao to Punta Del Este, Day 9, Race 2, 24/09/2019

Hey,

Received a message off mum this morning as her team were crossing the doldrums start line.


"Hi all,So we got 3 points for the scoring gate and now we are in a storm, going upwind in 30 knots of wind in the doldrums - crazy!It’s really hot as well and very humid. The sea sickness has returned, which means I’m living with zombies again.Last report had us in second place.It’s suppose to be flat calm and we’re suppose to be running on engine now but we are still heeled over and screaming down each wave. The water is running across the deck. .Hope everything’s ok at home.LoveMum"


Theres one thing that mum is great at, and that's not getting seasick! As you can see for the photo below from the race viewer, team sanya are in first.

Here is the link for race standings and the blogs from the skipper and crew mate, each day these are updated.

https://www.clipperroundtheworld.com/race/standings

https://www.clipperroundtheworld.com/team/sanya/team-hub

Thanks,
Hope your following!

Portimao to Punta Del Este, Day 4, Race 2 19/09/2019

Afternoon,

As I sat here with a cast on my left arm, had a little incident with car last week. A email comes through from my mum!

"Today we passed to Canary Islands but we didn’t see much only the lights and the flickering wind generators on the mountains. More dolphins and lots of fishing trawlers. We do a couple of gybes and we are starting to get the hang of it. This time the lazy line went under the boat but we retrieved it without issue.
The first one went perfectly. Only  another couple of hundred of them and we’ll be perfect."

Shes the orange one,

Currently sitting fourth, I think she's definitely enjoying it.

Also nice for her to get a special mention from the skipper on his weekly blog for all the hard she has put in for the food. 

From his blog - Day 2

"Hello Everyone,

Another fantastic day at sea on board Visit Sanya,China there is some close racing going to here between us Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam, Dare To Lead and Punta Del Este which is keeping the crew on their toes and focussed. We had a visitor today in the form of a little bird which was lovely to see, sadly it is most likely a land bird that has gotten lost but Chris still managed to nurture it in his hand for some time.

I have to move onto to talk about food since it pretty much makes my world go round as well as most of the crews’. In London, Vad bought a whole cured ham leg and everyday at about 1600 UTC it is ‘Hamon Time’ this normally consists of Jorge and the ham leg taking pride of place in the galley and every sliver being eagerly gobbled up by the waiting crew members, our on board reporter even made a video about ‘Hamon Time’ on the first race of this leg.

The next food related conversation is what a fantastic job our Victualler, Su, has done, today for dinner Mary and Fred rustled up an amazing cottage pie, even the tinned mince tasted pretty good!

Log extract for the day: ‘Su is on the helm and Vad is excited’

Until tomorrow,

Seumas"

Keep an eye on the Race Viewer it updates every hour.

https://www.clipperroundtheworld.com/race/standings

Thanks,

Rich

London to Portugal complete! 9th of September

Mum arrived late last night and was greeted by grandma and grandpa, two boats still are racing. Seattle and WTC logistics.

Punta del Este has won the opening race of the Clipper 2019-20 Race! Here are the results so far and the ETAs for the remaining teams on course for the Marina de Portimão.
Punta del Este - FINISHED - 00:45:22 UTC
Dare To Lead - FINISHED - 01:45:25 UTC
Qingdao - FINISHED - 02:26:00 UTC
Zhuhai - FINISHED - 02:55:04 UTC
Visit Sanya, China - FINISHED - 03:17:22 UTC
Unicef - FINISHED - 03:23:26 UTC
Imagine Your Korea - FINISHED - 03:25:04 UTC
Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam - FINISHED - 04:09:12 UTC
GoToBermuda - FINISHED - 05:00:12 UTC
Seattle - STILL RACING
WTC Logistics - STILL RACING

They arrived in 5th place!

Leg 1 - London to Portugal! 3rd of September 2019

It’s the 2nd day of Sailing the fleet are just south of the Isle of Wight and Sanya is currently sitting in 3rd place! I haven’t heard off Mum yet but I’m sure I will over the next couple of days!

https://www.clipperroundtheworld.com/race/standings

Here is the tracker link!

Happy sailing mum and keep pushing for 1st spot!

Clipper Prologue, St Katherine’s to Southend by sea

A very emotional day in St Katherine’s dock saying goodbye to mum (Su). Lots of crowds gathered to say goodbye to the boats. 11 boats in total with roughly 22 on each boat resulting in 230 sailors. We said our goodbyes around 11.30 and mum boarded the boat. Around half 1 each one of the crews jumped off their boat and in 5 minutes intervals they paraded along the key side and ended up near the ramp taking them down to a pontoon stage opposite where the boats were moored up. I managed to grab a selfie with her here.

After seeing her she was the fourth team to go on stage to their chosen music. Coldplay - Adventure of a lifetime 

Felt very fitting at the time. The whole team stood on the stage and skipper Seamus was interviewed and then after 2 minutes the next team went on! 

We walked over the bridge and got a look out spot to see the yachts pass, once we saw them pass and cheered them on we jumped on one of the supporters boats and was lucky to follow and pass them down the Thames towards the barrage.