This is part two of the Bermuda 1-2 race report. Part one is here: the solo leg to Bermuda. Bermuda is a fantastic place. But after recovering from leg one and getting boats and (most) skippers back in race condition, everyone was ready to go again. And as co-skippers, or “number two” started to arrive, […]
Time to race back to Newport. This time with Mattias Bodlund as co-skipper. The start is at 11:00 EDT Thursday. It looks like a decent southwesterly to get north, then a slight chance of 40+ knots before we enter lighter winds when we approach Newport. The biggest question is, naturally, how to manage the Gulf […]
It’s very hard to distill a race like this into one blog post. Naturally, there are the facts; the YellowBrick track and the Expedition log files that account for what happened, second by second. Then there’s my, subjective and emotional, version. And they don’t really match… The data says it was a four-day rather tough […]
Friday, June 2:nd 11:00 EDT, Bermuda 1-2 starts in Newport. 630 nm to Bermuda, across the Gulf Stream, solo. Will probably take 4 days. Feels like a pretty big challenge to me, as I’ve never raced here and this is the longest solo race I’ve done, Weather is still uncertain, but it is what it […]
DĂ„ var premiĂ€ren Ă€ntligen avklarad. Det blev bĂ„de en test av att allt funkar ombord och en kvalificeringssegling inför Bermuda 1-2. Kravet Ă€r att man skall segla över 100 distans och minst 30 timmar solo “on the ocean”. Seglingarna hemma rĂ€knades inte tydligen. Jag var ocksĂ„ sugen pĂ„ att kĂ€nna pĂ„ “startstrĂ€ckan” till Bermuda för […]
It all started with an email. I get lots of emails from new J/111 owners, and I’m always happy to help if I can. But this time, it was slightly different. Cameron Mckenzie and Nigel Jones were experienced offshore sailors, having each done 10/15 Sydney to Hobarts and numerous Melbourne to Hobart races, usually on […]
DĂ„ var man i mĂ„l i Hobart efter den berömda “Westcoastern” frĂ„n Melbourne. NĂ„gra bĂ„tar hade >40 knops vind, men vi klarade oss. En full dag med 25-30 knop i tar dock pĂ„ krafterna. Men nu har man i alla fall varit i Southern Ocean đ Full rapport kommer nĂ€r jag fĂ„tt lite perspektiv.