09.07.24 Following the frustratingly effective travelator that was the Gulf Stream, we have been left slightly behind the leading pack...

10.06.2024 It has become apparent, to both those on and off the boats, that in the midst of a rum fuelled braii, our skippers have been...

08.06.2024 Close to the wind. Everyone in place. We ran through two practise Le Mans starts, one to set the sails, and the other to make...

06.06.2024 The great gates of the canal and the hundreds of resting metal giants at anchor fell into the night as we motored out of...

13.05.2024 Our dragon is causing quite the stir in the ocean these days, not least amongst the fleet, but also within the wildlife off...

16.04.2024 It’s been too long in the cold and dark (bar brief sunshine episode), our foulies won’t dry, and the general mood is...

13.04.2024 Ring, ring. Ring, ring. International Dateline? Any single someones in Seattle? Slim? Oh well. Potentially in Panama? Perfect!...

10.04.2024 The fishing line was not 13 miles in the end. It was 40. This sent the watch after us into a tacking frenzy to nowhere as we...

07.04.2024 We have had a lovely time sailing since we made our decision to continue east. Following the split, and the initial storm of...

04.04.2024 The plan is a cunning one, it’ll take some luck and plenty of hard worked great sailing to pull off, but it could bring us to...

02.04.2024 Wallace and Smiley have been scheming. It seems they have become discontented with the way the boat operates, and keep oodling...

Happy Easter! About this time every year at home we would come together in the garden, sprogs and orchestrator, accompanied by a...

30.03.2024 Unlike the beautifully sunlit and shimmering, dragon scaled, skyscraper skyline that we had had the day before, our departure...

13.03.2024 This is the big one for our boat chaps! We are all buzzing. After a night of little to no sleep, we returned to our dragon to...

08 February 2024 The days of the dark, destructive, or unsummounting, unpredictable squalls are seemingly coming to an end. We emerged...

06 February 2024 There is a trend this leg of squirrely squalls appearing out of the blue around every wave peak; these squalls come in...

04 February 2024 Rambo and I took the last mother watch in the southern hemisphere. I feel like I may have a curse, as for the last three...

02 February 2024 I have introduced a fine system into our watch. Based off of our university hockey team’s model, I am hoping that this...

January 31 2024 It is so so so hot. So hot. We are now reminded of what these tropical climes bring, experienced first in Leg 1 this heat...

30 January 2024 The day started with our first 2am-8am watch, something untested, and something that worried Rick for fear of crew...