Archive for November 2022

INSIDE SCOOP with Team Manager, Frans Loot. We talk windvane, hull cleaning, rigging, and sails for the Southern Ocean. Over the past few days, we saw two entrants retire from the GGR due to windvane issues. Pat Lawless retired and pulled into Cape Town due to the failure of his Aries self-steering gear, or what…

A radio chat with Jeremy. Kirsten was also on the call and the two of them had another conversation after we got all the messages and questions out of the way. Does he have a wetsuit? Yes – he dives with two Does he have a mask and fins? Yes, he does. What tools will…

Jeremy is enjoying celestial navigation, staying determined, and looking forward to getting to the southern ocean as soon as possible. We have another chance to listen to James and Jeremy have a chat. They cover topics like old friends around a cup of coffee – from weather forecasts to how” slow sailing” influences your mind…

Jeremy is coming into Cape Town as part of the race rules to do a film drop (although he has been experiencing issues with his data cards). He has also been struggling with barnacles on the hull and will be doing a hull clean in Simonsbay, Simons Town. The idea is to scrub the hull…