Season ends in Spain

Rolex TP 52 World Championship - Mallorca - 2-6 November Saturday 6th November 2021. The season has just ended for…


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Fassitelli moves into 1st place

 Monaco Sportsboat Winter Series – Act I - 4-7 November 2021   Saturday 6th November 2021. Second day and…


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Americans show who’s boss!

Monaco Sportsboat Winter Series – Act I - 4-7 November 2021 Friday 5th November 2021. Decks were awash and faces…


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Major on-site test for the Worlds for international sailors

Monaco Sportsboat Winter Series – Act I -  4-7 November 2021   Thursday 4th November 2021.  Act 1 of the 9th Monaco…


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Rain, wind and poetry

Sir Ernst bypasses a depression off Rio. Poetry The crew on Sir Ernst were delighted to receive the following poems…


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Sir Ernst: riding out a tropical depression

Tuesday 2nd November    04:00 – I’m up. The wind’s been picking up for a while and is now blowing 37 knots. Time…


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Super 2nd for Mathis Duplomb

ILCA – Armistice Grand Prix – Hourtin - 29th October to 1st November 2021 Monday 1st November 2021. Yacht Club de…


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Living in the present

After the first days of all the excitement and nerves associated with the departure, we’ve settled into the slow pace…


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Time!

What does time represent? It’s conditioned according to what? We’ve lived with lock-down, when time seemed to stand…


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Meeting of giants

42nd Rolex Middle Sea Race - Malta Saturday 30th October 2021. Right at the heart of the Mediterranean, the 606…


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The days go by

I get up. It’s 06:30. Last night I slept from 20:30 to midnight, then did my two-hour watch. It was a super-starry…


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Keeping up the pace

It’s 05:47, my watch ends with this magnificent sunrise, I’m ready for bed... We still have 22 knots. Midway across, at…


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