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craiggo
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Topic: Team Hafren Posted: 29 Jun 14 at 7:44pm |
Back out on the water and heading to Lymington.
Coming past iGRF in the next 30mins! |
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Rupert
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 29 Jun 14 at 8:12pm |
That is amazing progress.
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ChrisI
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 30 Jun 14 at 4:13pm |
Hafren making great progress - just rounded Selsey Bill at 1600 today and heading for the Eastern Solent
Anyone out for a sail this evening in the Solent who knows what they are doing and want to go say hello, I'm sure they would love to say hi - their tracker is http://yb.tl/hafren2014?ignoreUA=true - and their jib has an orange flash on it. They plan to make Lymington tonight (it will prob be very late with the adverse tides) but then will get going tomorrow hoping to get to Caste Cove SC at Weymouth prob between 1400 - 1600 on Weds. Again... anyone who wants to go say hi I am sure would be most welcome. |
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ellistine
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jul 14 at 9:28pm |
A nice place to stop. Looks like they will have to open the bar a little earlier at Castle Cove tomorrow! |
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NickM
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jul 14 at 10:25pm |
They have done amazingly well. Probably an unbeatable record because the weather has been so good for then. I wonder how many hours they actually had to beat into the wind on their way round.
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Rupert
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jul 14 at 10:30pm |
I expect people will try it in faster dinghies (National 18, anyone?) which might do it faster, but agree they have had great weather and it will be very hard to better.
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sargesail
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jul 14 at 11:05pm |
Hmmm - half the time. Perhaps they should do a Moitissier and go round again!
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craiggo
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 02 Jul 14 at 8:12pm |
Fan bloody tastic. What an awesome achievement. At 14:00 this afternoon on the dot, Jeremy & Phil sailed Hafren into Portland Harbour and Castle Cove SC to complete their circumnavigation of Great Britain in an amazing time of 32days!
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Pierre
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jul 14 at 10:42am |
What a great adventure and what a result. Well done those chaps and great that the Grauniad had an article on it as well. Dinghy sailing at its best.
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Rupert
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jul 14 at 12:10pm |
1/2 a dozen wayfarers next and make it a race? Maybe Volvo will sponsor it!
Bloody amazing effort by these guys, and makes me realize how blinkered we can be when mucking around in boats as to what it is possible to do. |
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