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Harry Heijst

Message in a bottle II

Today was an incredible day really. We did cover 190 Nm over the first 24 hours, calculated over the ground. The wind has been staying in the region of 20-25 knots, coming always from the North. We felt having been in a battle with Pinta-M and others but since Pinta-M has stayed more to the […]

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Post by | December 27, 2008 | 9 Comments | Comments RSS

Message from a bottle thrown in the sea between Sydney NSW and Hobart Tasmania

We started with Frank on the helm at 1300 on 26 December. It was a good start and believe we were already 3 sec after the starting signal over the line.Wind 15 knots. Genoa I. We tacked out of Sydney harbour but had to let Pinta-M go ahead of us an it took us until […]

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Winsome is ready to start on 26 December 2008

Last days everyone arrived. Sunday: Joost, Francois, Pieter and Reima. Tuesday Boj; he just arrived in time to hve Marjolein’s birthday dinner in a funky place in Sydney NSW. Today Marghereta joined Frank. Today we had our Briefing for the race. Right thereafter we went again out in the Bay to hoist sails, check our […]

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Post by | December 24, 2008 | 1 Comment | Comments RSS

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