With my boat “otherway” in the Vendee Globe Virtual Regatta I am currently rounding Cape Horn in the “other” direction. [singlepic=240,320,240,,center] [singlepic=239,320,240,,center] Whereas my other boat Blanquilla that sails the race in the “correct” direction constantly has the wind in the back, this route is proving to be a constant challenge! In the Volvo Ocean [...]
Finish leg 1 Volvo Ocean Race Game at Cape Town, South Africa
Somewhere in the early morning hours I finished leg 1 of the Volvo Ocean Race Game in Capetown, South Africa. The total time it took me was 31 days, 20 hours and 45 minutes and I reached position 7,426 of a total number of participants of more than 55,000. [singlepic=128,320,240,,center] I had a nice bottle [...]
So close and yet so far away
With the Volvo Ocean Race Game I now “only” have 613 nautical miles (nm) to go, but I’m gonna need a bit longer to arrive in Cape Town than I expected earlier this week. Shortly after my update the strong winds made place for an almost complete lack of of them and I had to [...]
