by Rich Wilson | Dec 3, 2016 | Q&A, Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk5
Yes. This, I believe, is the first Vendee Globe without a woman skipper, and it’s unfortunate. There have been great women skippers, like Catherine Chabaud, and Anne Liardet from France, and Samantha Davies and Dee Caffari from Britain. Samantha and Dee were in...
by Rich Wilson | Dec 3, 2016 | Q&A, Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk5
Dear DoJoon, We have had several repair jobs on the boat so far. Each takes time away from sailing/racing the boat, and yet is essential to correct. We had to replace a batten car (where the mainsail attaches to the track that goes up the mast). And had to repair a...
by Rich Wilson | Dec 3, 2016 | Q&A, Q&A - 3-Asthma, Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk5
Dear Neal, I think that there was some reaction I had to some of the area near where we stayed before the start. Plus there was a lot of stress, and stress is a trigger for my asthma, just as smoke, or cats/dogs, trees/flowers, are. I was quite tense for the weeks...
by Rich Wilson | Dec 3, 2016 | Ship's Logs
It’s a big day to cross into a new hemisphere. Like crossing the Equator, yesterday we crossed the Prime Meridian, watching the West longitude change to East longitude on the GPS. Now we are out of both of our comfort zones, the Northern and Western Hemispheres!...
by Rich Wilson | Dec 2, 2016 | Ship's Logs
Another difficult night. The long forecast front came through on schedule, for us about midnight. The wind would shift dramatically from Northwest to Southwest (approximately) with the only unknown being how strong the wind would be, and how rapid the directional...
