Yes, the official results have now been published. We have obtained an 8 (!) hour time penalty for our pitstop after the start in IJmuiden, but even with that, our result in corrected time is a third position!! (You can guess what it would have been without those eight hours….) . But we are still [...]
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THIRD!!
Posted in Leg 1 on June 17, 2007 | 13 Comments »
Leg 1: 600 miles upwind!
Posted in Leg 1 on June 17, 2007 | 2 Comments »
After a few busy days with preparation in IJmuiden, on Sunday the day of the start had finally arrived. We felt excited and a little nervous when we got up. We did some last jobs and handed out the special edition “Solution Too Joustra Beerenburg” bottles to the other competitors to wish them a good [...]
Finished!
Posted in Leg 1 on June 15, 2007 | 12 Comments »
Today, at 19:43:22, we sailed the Solution Too over the finish line!! Very glad that we made it!! Unfortunately, our tracker did not work underway…. hopefully it will be fixed for the next legs. Now, we feel very glad and satisfied, and also tired and dirty . We sailed upwind all the [...]
Almost there
Posted in Leg 1 on June 15, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Na vijf dagen – waar in de Solution 2 zich niet als paarse stip op de kaart heeft laten zien – is vandaag (12:01) een sms gekomen van Kasper en Anne.
Hoi! We zijn nog 35 mijl vd finish, vies en moe in een natte boot… Maar zin in de finish na 600 mijl opkruisen! Hier [...]
Almost off!!
Posted in Leg 1 on June 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Almost off!!
We have been in IJmuiden since Friday, preparing the last stuff. All
competitors are now here and everyone is still buzzing around to prepare the
last things. Yesterday, we discovered that our new water tank was leaking,
so we had Kasper’s mum bring us 24 l of mineral water. Also, we had a little
problem with leaking diesel, [...]
The race is on!
Posted in Leg 1 on June 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The first challenge for this race presented itself little before the start of the race. While motoring against the current towards the starting line (there was hardly any wind), the engine failed. One of the RIBs was available to tow the Solution Too towards the starting line where the fleet had gathered. The wind was [...]
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