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Harry Heijst

No wind AT ALL

Tonight at 21:50 UTC we had to lower the mainsail. Wind of less than 1 knot, coupled with 2 metres heigh waves would destroy the mainsail sooner or later. We still need this sail for at least 1.500 Nm. It is an unlucky situation with boats around us having wind, but well big boys do […]

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Post by | August 26, 2010 | 1 Comment | Comments RSS

Day 3 in the race

Today at 1300 UTC we added 171 Nm to our distance making a total of 376 Nm in the race. Both internet and our Watermaker -called Alida- are working again after a temporary refusal to work properly. Just two hours ago we had a complete drop in wind. Now the wind is only 7 knots […]

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Post by | August 25, 2010 | 2 Comments | Comments RSS

Het is nacht. Veel booreilanden in ons vaarwater

Genoa III was kept up until the wind became 20 knots. When we decided to change her for Genoa II the wind dropped suddenly to 11 knots so we changed her for Genoa I instead. Reima meantime has been able to repair the hole in Genoa III which is giving us confidence. This in combination […]

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