Globe 40 race

[dunedin]

These boats are a different ball game when it comes to costs - many multiples of a GGR campaign.
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And different order of magnitude in terms of speed. Not many GGR boats doing 460 miles in a day.
Will also be interesting to see the failure rates. The GGR fleet suffered a lot of capsizes and boat abandonments, possibly due to tripping over their long keels which prevent them sliding sideways.

 

[John_Silver]

Busy night aboard Wilson, slightly south of Jangada and Whiskey Jack, as the storm system arrives. D3 detaches. Jade saves the rig, with a mast climb to rethread its lower end.



The scene this morning



Aboard Jangada:





Whiskey Jack and skipper Melodie are veterans of the inaugural 2022-3 Globe40




The childrens' graduations triggered an epiphany




Fast forward to December 2025: Melodie and co-skipper Colin on passage La Reunion to Sydney





Right now, Whiskey Jack and Jangada are neck and neck​