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Kosatka the Orca
//Whale
Happy Xmas from Kosatka the Whale to Kosatka
December 23 2008
In Russian waters we celebrate Christmas on 7th January.
Nick Bubb
//Watch Captain
Singapore here we come as battle rages throughout the fleet in the Malacca Straits
December 22 2008
If by some fluke you are reading this Mr Woolgar or Mr Buck, my old Geography school teachers, I hope I’ve made you proud; I can promise you that I’ve mended my ways and no longer operate on ‘cruise control’, this is life at the extreme after all!!
Wouter Verbraak
//Navigator
Hungry wolves hunt the best
December 21 2008
With X-mas dinner on our minds now almost all the time as we have rationed our food, we are more hungry than ever to get through this next stretch
Andreas Hanakamp
//Skipper
Is it chess or rolling the dice?
December 21 2008
Hours over sat pics, grib files and quickscat, heads together for Nick, Stig, Wouter and myself and still the question is it a plan we have, or pure speculation? So far, the models haven’t been too good in this part of the world.
Sergey Bogdanov
//Media Crew
Half Way
December 20 2008
But to get up or move is not so easy. The boat is always throwing itself from the waves with the deafening bang as it lands in the foot of it.
Wouter Verbraak
//Navigator
Land!
December 20 2008
Spirits are high and we are hungry. Pirates, fishing boats, massive traffic? Bring it on, they are our passing opportunities over the next days.
Andreas Hanakamp
//Skipper
Knocking on wood
December 20 2008
We were very happy last night with our performance, gaining with every sched on the whole fleet.
Kosatka the Orca
//Whale
Watch those nets
December 19 2008
Kosatka the Whale reminds the fleet about the dangers of fishing nets - for boat keels and whales.
Nick Bubb
//Watch Captain
Bashing upwind in 25 knots
December 18 2008
Finally, just a brief moment to express our heartfelt sorrow for Mike Golding and the ECOVER sailing team....
Nick Bubb
//Watch Captain
Close Racing
December 16 2008
Our new bowman for this leg Scott Gray is fitting in well as expected, although having lost one of our precious food bowls, he then proceeded to throw away a whole roll of loo paper. He may find himself short of a t-shirt or two should things get tight in that department later on!
