If rounding the horn is the accepted "cool dude" turning point, I feel much better now that we are finally sailing

What a day, we finally rounded Cape Horn! I think it will take me a while to fully process this fact

We are through the peak of the storm and we're happy to report that we didn't sustain any damage... Our strategy

A nasty gale is brewing south of us, the worst of it is headed straight for Cape Horn just at the

Our moment of glory as leaders of the Global Ocean Race was short-lived, as predicted the reaching conditions favoured the newer

Finally our dive to penguin latitudes paid its dividends and today we jumped in the lead of the third leg of

In a few miles we'll touch the latitude of 60 degrees south, it sounds quite frightening but my cure is to

In a few miles we'll touch the latitude of 60 degrees south, it sounds quite frightening but my cure is to

Yesterday a brief email from Cessna some 50 miles to our port (to the north of us) brought home the reality

Who would have imagined that in the third and most symbolic of legs, heading for Cape Horn, we would be battling

After what seemed like an eternal time spent beating upwind the last 48 hours have finally given us some following winds

This leg will be remembered as the ultimate test of patience and resilience, it's been just over a week since we

If this were a movie the last two days would have made for some nice drama on the high seas, imagine

The first few days of the race, once out of Cook Strait, have been relatively easy sailing, reaching then downwind in

The VHF finally broke its month long silence just before 6pm, Josh Hall on the committee boat is calling. "Financial Crisis,

So here we are in yet another 45 knots stinker, making excellent progress under staysail and reefed main, occasionally surfing high

Storm is over, back to normality. After a couple of nasty and uncomfortable sailing days we just hoisted the small spinnaker

After six days of racing i have a sense of deja vu, the three new boats are at the front and