Post by ddtan80 on Aug 8, 2005 12:57:10 GMT -5
Report from Arnold Clark Drum, Monday, August 8:
We're Racing!
Everybody’s in great spirits aboard Arnold Clark Drum this morning after almost 24 hours racing. Our time in Cowes was very busy, between the final preparations for the race, the arrival of the remainder of the crew, and publicity commitments, so its good to now be out at sea and settled into a watch system.
We started at 1220 hrs. Sunday and headed out 15 miles into the Channel, where we got a fair breeze. This continued through the night, but has gone light now on Monday morning. However, so far we feel we have done well.
We had a very historic moment at 0900 hrs. when we passed south of the original position off Falmouth where we lost the keel in ’85. There was a big sigh of relief from both the boat and ourselves that sounded remarkably like the popping of a champagne cork…
As we write, we have 210 miles to go to the Fastnet and the winds are showing light to variable. It could be a slow race.
We’ll try to submit regular reports throughout the race, but we could well find that we will be out of range until we reach the Fastnet.
from www.drumreunion.co.uk/press.html
We're Racing!
Everybody’s in great spirits aboard Arnold Clark Drum this morning after almost 24 hours racing. Our time in Cowes was very busy, between the final preparations for the race, the arrival of the remainder of the crew, and publicity commitments, so its good to now be out at sea and settled into a watch system.
We started at 1220 hrs. Sunday and headed out 15 miles into the Channel, where we got a fair breeze. This continued through the night, but has gone light now on Monday morning. However, so far we feel we have done well.
We had a very historic moment at 0900 hrs. when we passed south of the original position off Falmouth where we lost the keel in ’85. There was a big sigh of relief from both the boat and ourselves that sounded remarkably like the popping of a champagne cork…
As we write, we have 210 miles to go to the Fastnet and the winds are showing light to variable. It could be a slow race.
We’ll try to submit regular reports throughout the race, but we could well find that we will be out of range until we reach the Fastnet.
from www.drumreunion.co.uk/press.html