Thursday 12 November 2009
I'm hijacking Movember to kick-start my charity fund-raising campaign of my Clipper race. I'm actually asking you to sponsor me to keep this lovely moustache for the next 6 months! Please visit Me and My Mo for details of the campaign and select one of my charities to make a donation. A total of £3400 across them all will mean the mo stays until May 2010 so please ask your friends to take a look at the ridiculous photos in my Mo Gallery and vote for my next style of mo to wear in port.PLease follow by blogs and come back here, and back to Me and My Mo, for news and photos of my Clipper race. See where the mo goes. Feel free to find me on Facebook too.
Tuesday 10 November 2009
Just a week to go now...and Movember
I join Edinburgh Inspiring Capital in the Clipper Round the World Race on the 19th November (next week) and preparations to leave life in the UK for 8 months and start ocean racing havetaken over the last month or so. It's been a bit manic!
I'm nearly ready now and will be returning to the blog again shortly to update it with links to my chosen charity fund-raising pages and a few final stories and information before I set off to Cape Town. Updates and tweets will then follow me from port to port and I might even get some out from on board.
Also look out for photos of my participation in Movember. I've grown quite a beard ready to be trimmed in the style of Magnum PI or Fu Man Chu!
Here's one of me in training for Movember.
Saturday 10 October 2009
Thursday 8 October 2009
Back to the blog
Been away from things for a couple with my final part of training on the water and things but now have some more updates. The race to Rio is shaping and Edinburgh has started climbing up the leader board. We've put Hull & Humber behind us and hopefully by Saturday we'll be ahead of Qingdao and maybe even Cork too! However we're all now into the Doldrums and anything could happen before the drag race to Rio starts on the other side.
Here's a cool bit on the BBC with a map and links to video footage from Edinburgh and direct links to some clips:
Photos from Part C training on the good ship Serica coming soon.
Tuesday 22 September 2009
Second report from Alison
more tomorrow and hopefully Edinburgh will have moved up a few positions overnight.
First report from Alison
Alison Harper reports from Edinburgh Inpiring Capital at race 2 start in La Rochelle.
Monday 21 September 2009
all's quiet in La Rochelle
well i expect it is. hopefully everyone is getting a final good nights sleep before early doors tomorrow to be all set for the starting gun at 9.00 (uk time). edinburgh we'll be cheering you but we're not so worried about positions on the start line. just make the finish line count.
don't forget about BBC Breakfast from tomorrow morning too (6.20, 7.20, & 8.20).
slight change of plan
if the count down to the start of race 2 wasn't enough today there was news from Clipper of a change of plan for our christmas & new year stop in Western Australia. it seems Fremantle and Clipper have got what they want out of each other so the plug on Fre'O and the fleet will be stopping a bit further north at the City of Geraldton-Greenough. there was certainly disappointment being posted around Facebook this evening as everyone was looking forward to the party in Fre'O after the Southern Ocean crossing. still am sure Gerry & Greeny will do us proud and show they can host a party too! all down to you now Mayor Carpenter.
here are some photos of what it G&G has to offer. i also like the look of page 19 of the visitors guide ;-)
if you're wondering exactly where G&G is here is a link to it on google maps. looks like it's a bit of a long trip down to Margaret River to try some tasty wines.
benromach on board too (it's getting a busy boat)
well not literally. we have a dry boat! for those that have not guessed or followed the link Benromach is a Speyside single malt whisky. they like to call it Scotland's best-kept secret and i'm inclined to agree, well what else is there? better kept secrets?
Benromach are the official whisky sponsor of the Clipper race and of my boat Edinburgh (hence their logo on my jacket).
you'll here more about Benromach as i go from port to port because i've volunteered to help them with tastings and other promotional events. hopefully that means lots of extra tastings for me too ;-) their first 10 year whisky was launched to coincide with race start weekend on 13th september.
i won't labour over their full story here so to learn more about their history, products, and distillery hit, sorry click, the bottle and have a look around www.benromach.com (you're supposed to be 18 to enter). instead i'll just show you a picture of the distillery and say happy tastings if you get the chance.
Sunday 20 September 2009
bbc on board
BBC reporter Alison Harper will be reporting live on BBC Breakfast on the leg to rio. tune in at 6.20, 7.20, and 8.20 from tuesday. guess first report might be over breakfast in the marina bar. Alison has completed the full training with the rest of the crew and has already posted reports on bbc.co.uk about the race and preparations. See Novices in high seas adventure
we've also had BBC coverage of Jo Jackson one of our round the worlders on board Edinburgh. check Jo out here
other bbc coverage of the race has included a short documentary of the hull ambassador's and other h&h preparations for the race. download it on iplayer here
other BBC clipper stories;
getting ready for rio
after a well deserved little rest and a good sampling of french hospitality the crews are now focussed on final preparations before racing off to rio on tuesday morning. the starting gun will be fired at 09.00 uk time. the race to rio will take around 4 weeks and this will be by far the longest the majority of the amateur crews have endured / enjoyed a 360 degree horizon.
the gun will also start a 4 week period of addiction to the race viewer for all us crew and supporters still onshore. see www.clipperroundtheworld.comindex.php/Follow/RaceViewer to get hooked.
first race
the first race to La Rochelle was won by Team Finland (arguably the favourites). cork came in 2nd and hull & humber in 3rd with spirit of australia just 40 seconds behind them. cork and h&h were protested by the race committee for entering the traffic separation zone (shipping lanes) in the English Channel and have been penalised. final standings after race 1 are:
| LATITUDE | LONGITUDE | DTF | DTL | DIST MG IN 12HR | LAST REPORT | YACHT STATUS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Team Finland | 46.9.16N | 1.8.59W | 17/09/2009 18:00:13 | Finished 16/09/2009 13:26 |  | |||
| 2 Spirit of Australia | 46.9.16N | 1.9.1W | 17/09/2009 18:00:29 | Finished 16/09/2009 14:00 |  | |||
| 3 Cork | 46.9.16N | 1.8.59W | 17/09/2009 18:00:13 | Finished 16/09/2009 15:01 |  | |||
| 4 Cape Breton Island | 46.9.16N | 1.9.1W | 17/09/2009 18:00:29 | Finished 16/09/2009 15:20 |  | |||
| 5 Jamaica Lightning Bolt | 46.9.16N | 1.9.1W | 17/09/2009 17:00:30 | Finished 16/09/2009 15:55 |  | |||
| 6 Hull & Humber | 46.9.16N | 1.8.59W | 17/09/2009 18:00:13 | Finished 16/09/2009 16:15 |  | |||
| 7 Uniquely Singapore | 46.9.16N | 1.9.2W | 17/09/2009 18:00:13 | Finished 16/09/2009 17:05 |  | |||
| 8 Edinburgh Inspiring Capital | 46.9.16N | 1.9.2W | 17/09/2009 18:00:13 | Finished 16/09/2009 17:40 |  | |||
| 9 Qingdao | 46.9.16N | 1.9.2W | 17/09/2009 18:00:29 | Finished 16/09/2009 17:43 |  | |||
| 10 California | 46.9.16N | 1.9.3W | 17/09/2009 18:00:29 | Finished 16/09/2009 19:07 |  |
Saturday 19 September 2009
first post
The Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race started last Sunday, 13 September, from Hull on the river Humber on the UK's east coast and will return there for the finish 10 months and 35,000 miles later in July 2010. The race is between:
Edinburgh Inspiring Capital
Jamaica Lightning Bolt
Uniquely Singapore
Cork
Team Finland
Qingdao
Cape Breton Island
Hull & Humber
Spirit of Australia
California
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