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Via BT - Official satellite telecom supplier to Clipper Ventures
From Sir Robin Knox-Johnston CBE RD*
Onboard Ariel Clipper 1858 UTC 13 June
I am devastated by the news of Eric's loss. When the history of short-handed racing is written, his will always be amongst the top names. I raced against him many times, with him once. A supreme seaman, a fantastic sailor, a Breton, shy, tough, a gentleman the true meaning of the word. Sailing has lost one of its Greats
RKJ
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Antiope Clipper 0107 GMT 14 June
From Mike Harry (Skipper)
Position at 0001 14 June 54.48N 21.00W
Yesterday's deliberate mistake was the boat time is now GMT and not GMT+2! For every 15degrees of long the time zone changes by 1 hr. Greenland is 45 W and time is 3hrs behind GMT. (ie GMT+3). When we left England we were in BST (ie GMT-1). Therefore when the crew had an extra happy hour (and the skipper had a brainstorm) we moved into GMT. Good news for the crew is there are 3 more extra happy hrs before we reach Greenland.
After the early setbacks we are now fast approaching the half way mark and our ETA to Cape Farewell is this coming Friday. Our sister yacht Ariel is some 20 miles to the NE and out of visual contact. Meanwhile back in the galley huge amounts of bread and butter pudding were being made today by Matt Dawson & Mike Street as the fresh bread starts to deteriorate. As there is no refrigeration on board all fresh meat has now been consumed, but there is still plenty of fresh fruit & vegetables
Regards Mike Harry
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Ariel Clipper 0716 14 June
From Sir Robin Knox-Johnston
Position at 0700 GMT 55.18N 21.54W
The whole crew have been greatly saddened by the news of Eric Tabarly's loss (see above).
Antiope is about 23 miles SSW. It is a sunny day with calm seas and NO wind! We have therefore set the iron trisail (engine) and heading for Cape Farvell at 6 knts which is our economical motoring speed.
We have invited Antiope to a cocktail party to night, plus anyone else around!
Hope to get nice photographs when we close up but the best shots will be when we get up to the ice.
Calm weather has meant we have had an opportunity to have a good sort out so we are well organised down below again.
A shoal of porpoise played with us last night. The boat trim altered as the crew rushed from side to side for the best camera shot. What wonderful animals!
There is a massive interest in Navigation with the sextants becoming hot with use.
RKJ
Comments by CdeM
These short comments will give information about the Clipper yachts so that (hopefully) those following can get a better idea of what life is like.
Comments from readers are welcome!
Food for thought
Both Clippers have brought up the subject of food in their recent reports. This is a subject that becomes very near and dear to everyone onboard, especially as they have now all settled down.
What gets forgotten sometimes when people are trying to be macho is that food is not just about giving the body fuel. These horror stories in the Whitbread of merely stoking the body with enough calories just to exist completely miss the point. Food in a boat is so much more.
Firstly (hopefully) it should be enjoyable to the taste. Even more importantly it becomes a social gathering when both watches meet and chat to each other. For the chef it is a wonderful challenge and an opportunity for self expression and fulfilment. There is so much satisfaction to be had from achieving a meal in fairly trying conditions. Then there is the smell to excite the whole crew during preparation. This is especially the case now they are baking bread when the smell brightens up the greyest of days. (The kneading of the dough also is very useful way to clean the Chef's finger nails)
Also when the whole process is all over there is then a wonderful bit of occupational therapy involved in the washing up and clearing away.
There is no doubt that the major advantage of a ship's meal is that it becomes the main topic of conversation and interest!
Some people might find it surprising that there is no refrigeration on board and I will cover this later. Surprisingly in Clipper 96 this was not an issue as one learns to live with what you have. More later on this.
The log entries are produced from messages sent by both Clipper yachts via their InmarsatC using BT satellite services. The intention is to have them published by 1000BST daily
Comments, feedback and other articles are welcome and should be addressed to me at cdemowbray@clipper-ventures.com
Should you wish to communicate with either of the Clippers please refer to the article @Satcoms made easy' (Yes, it's a lie) on the Clipper Ventures' Home page
Bingo
Colin
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