Recent content by thecommander

Asleep at the wheel?

Anywhere from 25' to 50'... Fully laden with water, fuel, crap from the boat show... You know how to sail in open water, but you've never picked up a mooring buoy under sail or manoeuvred in close quarters under sail

Early on a crisp winter morning you are motoring along a river (think Hamble, Beaulieu, Medina, Itchen, River Fal) and the engine suddenly cuts out. You go to restart but nothing, you try again and again, but nothing. The river is ebbing quickly and the wind is gusting up to 15 knots in an...

She's some machine / toy.... Tiller steering.... Control lines fed to the cockpit... Lazy-jacks and stack-pack.... Deep, safe, self draining cockpit... Foresails on furlers... Bucket for a toilet... ...perfect for all us single handers.

... can I have one - 44QaMlIFllE

I can only imagine the boat was surfing down large waves, so not your typical MOB in the Solent scenario.... The question is why are Clipper putting their crews at risk by not using furling head sails? Or furlers = less crew = less income/profit per boat...

The last fatality in the Volvo Ocean Race was in 2006... The last fatality in the Vendee Globe was in 1997.... Why does this keep happening Clipper? Clearly something is wrong.....

It's very insulting to suggest these people are simply paying passengers on some sort of holiday.... No, they are CREW members onboard an ocean going vessel.... and they come home with alot more sailing experience than many of us on this forum....

They were accidents?? Somebody goes forward without a tether and gets washed overboard in big seas... Somebody gets killed by a crashing boom... Sailing RTW is a risky business.

Loss of situational awareness... Crew all very excited to be setting off on their 'life changing' RTW voyage... Some probably taking selfies and videos and god knows what else... Perfect clear nights sky... A bit of a jolly atmosphere onboard... What could possibly go wrong...? Skipper...

Do you think they deserve another leg after this error ??

All the more reason to cancel my subscription now.

Upgrade the yacht to something more comfortable and easier to sail surely? None of these stink pots are going to offer you the sea keeping of a Centaur, fine if you just want to sit around on a mooring but rubbish for everything else.

Name and shame. If his sponsors knew how much of a {expletive} he was then perhaps they'd think twice about sticking their logos on his boat.

This year they (Clipper and Sir Robin) made nearly a million in profit.... Says all you need to know.