Bob Brown

Into week 41 on the water and our thoughts are starting to think of home and what we will do when this is all finished. How do we assimilate ourselves back into a “normal” environment. Discussions around things you can…

We’ve left Panama and on our way to Washington DC for race 11 and the finish of the penultimate leg. Not long till home now but this has been a really interesting stop over and the one place I was…

The race is over!  It was called at 04.00 boat time by race control and I’m not surprised! The sun was beginning to rise as the news came in, we had a big cheer, and a pod of dolphins joined us…

As we start week 36 I awake for my midnight watch to find we’ve got a new member of crew aboard. Sitting on the sails fast asleep is a booby, nicknamed “Jethro” it had been following us for a couple…

Race 10 hasn’t started the best for me. It’s been a difficult and emotional week, all around the watch system and relationships with my crew mates. I’m probably reading too much into things and being over sensitive. The Clipper Race…

It’s nearly time to leave Seattle for Leg 7 race 10. We have seven new crew which will be cool and I’m so looking forward to the Panama Canal. However it’s sad to see some of our crew depart. There…

The start of week 33 at sea, although this last week seems to have gone on forever, really cold, certainly the coldest I’ve been, wet and not a lot of wind. The standard question on the boat is “how long…

Well as we start the week, I’m not even sure what day it is? My watch is telling me Tuesday but with the extra Sunday (due to passing over the International Date Line IDL, it’s a long story, read the previous…

So, the 2nd week of the North Pacific Race begins and we are around 4th or 5th, but difficult to tell at the minute. The front three have managed to miss the light winds and have stormed ahead by nearly…