The last few days of the race past in the blink of an eye. Although we had pretty low winds after rounding Ireland. As a result the course for the race was shortened. So we would not make a trip across the channel towards France as it was originally planned. Instead we would head directly for the finish line off the east coast of the Isle of Wight. But the English Channel remained very calm. […]
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The final leg of the circumnavigation will see us depart from Washington DC to take on the third and final crossing of the Atlantic. But it will be the first time crossing the North Atlantic. A short stop in Oban, Scotland, before we set course for Portsmouth in South England where our circumnavigation departed almost a year ago.
Oban
The arrival to Oban will likely remain in our memories for a long time. When I woke up and realised we were still in a similar position as in the evening before the disappointment was big. However, when I saw that the boat ahead of us had hardly moved and was closer it lifted me up. What followed was an emotional rollercoaster. Sometimes we caught up a bit just to see Unicef pull away again. […]
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Beautiful sailing weather with sunshine and wind from our starboard quarter have been with us for the past few days. This was only interrupted by occasional rain showers as we got closer to the approaching front. But we managed to stay ahead of the front and with that in relatively stable winds. Things were going well for us and we even were in the lead for some time. On the route we were sailing along […]
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Almost a week ago we left Washington DC and drove through the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay back into the Atlantic Ocean. The weather for our departure was very rainy which meant that both the farewell ceremony on the stage and the fireworks had to be cancelled. Nonetheless we did our parade with the Washington Monument in the background and left the US capital with a police escort. Even though the big fireworks was cancelled […]
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