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1028 hPa is first of all just a number. However for us it means wind and boat speed are dropping. This is the time for constant trimming and concentrated helming to push the boat as hard as possible.
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- Kategorie: AAR 2017/18
Weiterlesen: Update von der 'Bank von Bremen': High pressure and mental steadiness.
People on shore might wonder why our course to the English Channel is not a straight line. The shape is more like a zickzack. Some reasons are the weather system, currents and especially in our region the eddies of the Gulf Stream.
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Weiterlesen: Update von der 'Bank von Bremen' vom Zickzack-Kurs & Düften
For our youngest crew member (17 years) this race is his first transatlantic offshore experience. On the helm surfing down the waves something incredible happened: A big sperm whale jumped out of the water just in front of our yacht.
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Weiterlesen: Update von der 'Bank von Bremen': The first 1000 nm of our 'Moses'
Bericht eins SKWB-Jugend Mitglieds von einer JPK 10.10 („Hinden“)
Das diesjährige 'Silberne Band' (ORC Club) im Rahmen der Kieler Woche war an Spannung und Intensität kaum zu überbieten. Schon der Start am Freitag 22. Juni vor Schilksee gestaltete sich interessant. Mit Winden von über 25 Knoten und der Startlinie auf einer sich auflösenden 420er Bahn, musste man hier bereits gewaltig aufpassen.
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Weiterlesen: SKWB-Jugend-Mitglied segelt erfolgreich beim 'Silbernen Band' mit
There are these creatures that are supposed to be fishes but like Amerika’s Cupper they sometimes fly. Andres was hit by one of these fellows in hin neck, another one jumped right into the face of Percy. And there is of course the story of Niklas. Niklas wondered why it smelled so fishy. After some time he realised that he was sitting on one of them. Beside seeing other sea creatures (a wale, dolphins) we continue to race to the north and completed 254 nm in the last 24 h. Today we did already some repairs on our gennakers and continue to closely monitore the weather situation and the eddies of the Gulf Stream. One of our concerns is how Hurricane Chris will develop in the next hours. We are not running out of jokes. Spirits are hight.
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- Kategorie: AAR 2017/18