![]() The shoulder must have a torn ligament, but it’s slowly improving.” “I had an accident, the mainsheet caught me in the shoulder and threw me inside the cockpit, it was four days ago and I have had a sore rib since. Pat Lawless (IRL) thinks he broke a rib when shoved across the cockpit. “I’m dancing a lot on board to keep fit and cure my ailments!” shared Guggenberger. Michael Guggenberger (AUT) is also looking after his swollen feet, as well as hands and knees, damaged by the humidity and hard work. Guy Waites (GBR) who had an otherwise good week of sailing is facing swelling legs and ankles due to the humidity and lack of walking exercise. When the mind is strong, sometimes it’s the body that gives-up. “The instant communications and gratifications we have in the modern world, makes the isolation of entrants all the more intense, and sometimes painful, which is why we allow the voluntary calls to GGR Race Control.” added McIntyre. The Golden Globe Race is re-creating those letter and film drops. Sailors were even worse off back then and could not communicate other than throwing letters and films on passing ships, or going into specific places like the Canaries, Cape Town, Australia or New Zealand. The difference with 1968 is that back then people did not have the constant noise and fast communications of today, so did not miss it. “Part of this is safety, like the compulsory daily tweet to race management, but also to help share their experience at sea with the public and GGR followers, like the newly introduced weekly media calls where a news organization can call them for an exclusive interview.” “The GGR skippers are having slightly more contact with the outside world than their 1968 counterparts,” noted Don McIntyre, Founder and President of the Golden Globe Race. The entrants, who felt overloaded with public and media attention in the weeks leading to the start, now welcome the weekly safety and media calls as a change in their routine and only chance to chat to the outside world. A few are questioning why they are there, others if it is even possible to continue with severe lack of family contact. Some demoralized GGR sailors called to chat, share their frustrations and trump the isolation after a month alone. The GGR team at Race Control have felt it during the scheduled weekly satellite safety calls.Įntrants can only call Race Control, not family and friends. Not all the fleet, however, has been dealing equally well with the lack of wind, lack of communications, lack of information, and prolonged isolation. And sometimes you spend an enormous amount of time just looking at things…” I also have to look after the sails before heading south. There’s always work to be done… I spend two hours a day on the charts and the sextant, to do the calculations. I have music and books to read… Friends gave me tapes and I took things I listened to when I was 20. “I’m quite happy to be alone with myself. He remains in good spirits, enjoying his time at sea. His experience campaigning his J/105 Voador short-handed for 15 years, and many years racing his Classe Mini 6.50 before that, has certainly come in handy.įirst into the tradewinds, he is now trucking at 5 knots on a direct route towards Trindade Island in his South, the next rounding mark which he should reach in 10 days. The experienced solo sailor seemed unfazed by the ordeal as he saw his lead melting below 100 miles in the doldrums. You have to offer something to Neptune, the god of the seas…”Ĭurwen, who does not have the fastest boat, took the lead in Cape Finisterre on September 9 and has held it ever since. “We’re going to eat together and I’m going to open a bottle of champagne. Simon Curwen (GBR) crossed the equator last night knowing he was still in the lead, and planned a proper ‘crossing the line’ celebration with Neptune. Now thirteen sailors battle the doldrums seeking tradewinds and a fast passage south. (OctoDay 33) – The 2022-23 Golden Globe Race started September 4 with a rough exit of the bay of Biscay, testing sailors and boats to the limit, with Damien Guillou’s (FRA) PRB returning for repairs, Edward Walentynowicz (CAN) pulling the plug on his GGR campaign, Guy deBoer (USA) grounded in Fuerteventura, and Mark Sinclair (AUS) mooring his Coconut in Lanzarote for good.
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