Straight Laced

Found it. “We were in the middle of countless fishing boats. There were two areas previously that were just as dense. This was the last area before we got to Hong Kong," the 45-year-old, who skippered the winning Groupama IV in the 2011-2012 race, told AFP. He added that these kinds of accidents were "extremely rare" because vessels usually have equipment on board to help spot other boats. "We had to slalom a little bit... We were almost at the boat's maximum speed, around 20 knots, with boats where everyone is concentrating on controlling the sails, with a lot of water in your face t

Read somewhere that Franck Cammas has commented that they had to slalom their way through the final stretch into Hong Kong. I can’t find the article, but he says along the lines of they were coming in at 20+ knots with water over the decks and there were boats all over the place, which they had to avoid in the dark. Very dangerous.

Just drink red and the whole problem goes away.

Wow, I can see it now. Design meeting #1: OK guys and girls how about a few suggestions on where the design hurdles may lie. It will be like the New York Stock exchange during the '87 crash. Oh to be a fly on the wall.

What ever happened with Akzo Nobel with their crew? I've been looking ever since the start of leg 1 and either I'm looking in the wrong places, or there is absolutely no news regarding the re appointment of Simon Tienpont. It seems that his return has led to the demise of 4 others??? There has to be a story.

Went 2 whole seasons on a Townson 34 without an engine. Even carried a kite all the way into the Town Basin in Whangarei. Dropped both sails a few hundred metres short and coasted straight into the piles.