End of June I was again on my way to the South-English city of Gosport. It was time for my fourth and final week of training, before starting the race around the world end of August. Everyone has anticipated this moment and worked hard to get there. For me it felt even more special as I had only sailed with one other person from our team. It started with an orderly queue, playing into the […]
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Preparation
It is another 71 days until the first race will start from Portsmouth in southern England. On one hand it is more than two months which appears ample of time, on the other hand preparations are in full swing. In this post I want to give a short overview of what is part of the preparation. In the coming weeks there will most likely be more updates on this topic. Preparing the Preparation The first […]
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So far I have completed the first three out of the four compulsory levels of training, not knowing who I would be sailing with in the actual race. But this has changed now. On 17th May my campaign got a little more real. Together with some 300 other crew I gathered in the Guildhall in Portsmouth for Crew Allocation. While one might say that the trainings are part of the race as well, I have […]
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