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| 14.02.2011 | |
TasmaniaWe're getting there slowly. Well, not that slowly actually, since although the wind eased off a good bit as we sailed up to less extreme latitudes (50°25S yesterday, Sunday), we were able to hoist the mended spirate, and with a calmer sea, our average remains high. Read more |
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| 09.02.2011 | |
Will Groupe Bel make a technical pitstop?"Racing round-the-world is not commonplace", said Kito and Seb at the start of the Barcelona on 31 December. The racers in the Barcelona World Race are entering Australian waters after 40 days at sea and having varying luck including two abandons. Our duo has not been spared. Today, during the midday radio contact, the sailors revealed damage to two important sails in Groupe Bel's set; a problem... Read more |
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| 07.02.2011 | |
In single file...No wind, too much wind! The weather has offered the contenders in this Barcelona World Race two extremes. Since the weekend, it looks like it has quietened down and offered Groupe Bel competitive conditions, though easy to manoeuvre in; conditions at last worthy of the Indian Ocean. They are running downwind, with some good surfing; enough to make Kito happy. He is at last discovering the Great... Read more |
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| 04.02.2011 | |
At sea, on shore!They wanted sensations and they are spoilt for them! We are a long way from the much waited for long surfs downwind, but she's dashing along, wet and heeling! "The conditions are terrible", said Kito live from the Indian Ocean. To learn more, the 4th and 5th year pupils in the Ecole André Malraux primary school at La Grande Motte questioned the skipper of Groupe Bel during a radio contact... Read more |
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| 02.02.2011 | |
Message from onboard : Tohu-bohu *Well, I'll have a bash! Typing with this keyboard is quite a feat. We're heeling, the sea is pounding, Groupe Bel is creaking, and it's wet. Both the boat and the crew are suffering from this windy reaching tack. Read more |
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