Category: Leg 5 | The Asia-Pacific Challenge
Leg 5 will lead is back into the northern hemisphere. After crossing the equator, we will have to navigate the islands in south-east Asia, where lots of uniluminated fishing vessels will keep us on our toes. After 5’800NM of racing we will reach the Chinese Sailing centre of Qingdao.
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First podium finish?!?
After the start the next intermediate goal was the Ocean Sprint. Once again there were bonus points waiting for those boats, which would pass between two virtual lines the fastest. In our case it was the latitudes 23 degrees north and 26 degrees north. However, this time the race course was not passing between those…
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Bye Bye Philippines
After a rather tiring approach to the Philippines we managed to get a few days of recovery. After the mandatory deep clean of the entire boat and the usual maintenance work we only had to carry out a few repairs, as we do in every stopover. The biggest by far was the repair of our…
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The Wait for the Wind
The last few days were relatively low on wind. There is the occasional squall passing by, bringing us some more wind. But all in all the wind was low to very low and the progress was respectively slow. The boats ahead seem to have stronger winds and thus the distance to the next boat ahead…
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Broken
The second half of this race has not really started as we had anticipated. First we were caught off guard by the speed and force of a squall. It looked like we might be able to outrun the squall and avoid the worst part, but then the wind started building surprisingly fast. Right after the…
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Big red patch
The past days were very variable. The winds near the equator are rather weak and change a lot. On the other hand the high sun radiation creates a lot of thermal activity, cloud formation and potentially squalls. Those cannot only shift the wind direction drastically but produce strong gusts. To spot those squalls in due…
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Doldrums for a second time
On our way onto the northern hemisphere, we have to pass the doldrums yet again. Similar to what we saw three months ago when heading south, this region is notorious for light winds, hot temperatures and some squalls. We have meanwhile completed our motor-assisted section in this race and are heading for the end of…
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See you again Australia
A lot has happened since our arrival to Australia at the beginning of December. There were the festivities at sea and many more impressions, I will likely remember forever. Nonetheless, the time has come to bid farewell to Australia. But I will be back at some point. To clear out we have moved our boats…
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