Race 11 finish cheer
From YouTube America Coast to Coast Leg 7
Race 11 finish
From YouTube America Coast to Coast Leg 7
From YouTube America Coast to Coast Leg 7
From YouTube America Coast to Coast Leg 7
Me and John on grinder Lr Mans start Race 11
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Le Mans start Race 7
From YouTube America Coast to Coast Leg 7
From YouTube America Coast to Coast Leg 7
Neck and neck POV UNICEF Race 10
From YouTube America Coast to Coast Leg 7
Staysail yanked but bagged, prepped for arrival NYC
Elaine
Deep Clean, NJ
Liberty Landing Marina, NJ
View of NJ marina from hotel in NYC
Plaque on Race 11 trophy
Twilight view of NYC from NJ side of Hudson
"Two, six, heave!"
Brooklyn - wind!
Alex, Jill, Han.
Jen, Alex.
Storm Collin
Adrian passes up a bucket of bilge water
Cirrus clouds forming portending Storm Collin a few days hence
Alto cirrus, pre Storm Collin
Elocution lessons
Sun nearly obscured before Storm Collin, still a day away.
Storm Collin arrives.
Rich, filming ClipperTelemed+ on Race 11 for a documentary.
Frankensnoz (repaired and somewhat scarred spinnaker) holds up under light air conditions.
Race day 2 not far from Colon Panama
Not fast! But sooooooo beautiful.
Motoring after Race 10 was boring.
Matt explains route for Race 11
Alex and Craig plan the next tack
Deck swabbers
Near start of Race 10
Visit to LIFT
No turning back now!
The Wirkens
Telemedicine - Telerehabilitation!
Day bags of food sorted
High Tea feast!
High Tea with Wendo!
Telemedicine - Telerehabilitation!
Taluga Island, Papua New Guinea
Sunny and Judith Jan 21
Matt
Watch leader Elaine
Wakey wakey
Han in his office - parade of sails
Setting up for the parade of sails
Me at the navigation station - guiding into anchorage
Matt on the helm - parade of sails
Bird's eye view of the ace wooling team
Justin, assisted by Alex
Han as spinnaker trimmer
Caz concerned about Sean going up the mast
Land Ho!
Taluga in the Solomom Sea. Code 1 Spinnaker up. Beautiful!
Alex, ace helm instructor
Orca watch at mealtime
Dawn
The coastline of Philippines is beautiful!
Helming - joy!
Imre Jan 21
Alex on helm
Kitemare day - girl power in the pit!
Grinders Sunny and Judith
Polliwog crossed equator in foulies
Heading to anchorage lee side of northern Philippines
Conditions a couple of hours past the equator
The galley - gimballed stove
Han's monster bread loaf
Kite wrap!
Ace spinnaker flying team!
Last day of racing Race 7 to Da Nang
Judith and Han enjoying campaign sailing
Sunny on standby
Shana tidying up line that was cut down
Concentrate!
Ryan and Lynn make tuna wraps for lunch
Relaxing in the sail locker
Gentle sailing
Matt teaches knots
We see boat Qingdao as we approach DaNang harbour
Feb 17 DaNang
Judith on bilge duty
Dropping staysail for final approach to DaNang
Mouth of Han River DaNang
Approaching DaNang
Pilot comes alive beside to guide us into DaNang
Pilot will board- DaNang
Pilot and skipper Matt
Drummers welcomed us into port
View from hotel room
Judith on the balcony
Night view - Novotel DaNang
First "real" food in weeks!
Room service first night DaNang
Me and Linda at beachside seafood restaurant
Local foods - rice wraps with amazing fresh ingredients and sauces
Morning of deep clean day 2 DaNang
Pho for breakfast
Deep clean DaNang
Foulies sprayed fresh water and hung to dry
Deep clean - DaNang
Fresh seafood restaurant at the beach
Vietnam - a foodie experience indeed!
Pick your crustacean!
Fresh local ousted a lot like Malpecs
Beach Day in DaNang!
Lynn and Judith at the beach in DaNang
Lifejacket checked
Ryan fixing a winch
Linda goes up the mast for rigging work
Parade of Sail
Matt briefs the crew about MOB procedures
Sean suited up for role as "swimmer" - he will be hoisted overboard to retrieve casualty "Bob", who, of course, bobs in the water, awaiting rescue.
Elaine on spinnaker trim
Alex saws off a twisted hank for replacement
Jenn keeps a lookout on the drift net marker
Pre race powwow
Lynn and Jenn service the hanks on the headsails
Congrats to and from LMax
They caught us with a bold spinnaker hoist shortly before the finish line at gate 3.
Motor sailing with tarp up for shade. Lunch time?
Han manhandles sail back into sail locker
John checking sail trim
Craig demos constrictor knot
Boobies
From Dolphin watch
Sean, John, Neil, Mike
Jill does rope repair
Happy Bday Alex!
Starting to see ships headed to Panama
Dolphin watch co-leader Justin
Early morning arrival bare poled into Costa Rica for fuel.
Passengers on the bow sprit
Reviving my light air helming skills
Impromptu get together one hot evening
Too hot below decks.
LMax in our sights!
All sails in bags on deck for inspection
Jenn points the boat to Costa Rica
Attempting to scoop some air for below decks
LMax in our sights!
Who has the best Tiger tan?
Staysail on the deck ready to hoist if needed
Pre-dawn arrival in Costa Rica for refueling
Sailing journeying couple come to visit and chat.
Restaurant at top of dock makes delivery of refreshments to the boats.
Awaiting port entry Panama City
Awaiting port entry Panama City
Prepping 2 chicken pot pies - one per watch
With freeze dried chicken.
Lightening show!
Bare poled - no main on boom
Sliders being fixed on main. Boat feels naked!
Panama shore is beautiful!
Ships gathering at entrance to Panama Canal
Wifi!
Linda and I have classic Panamanian food for lunch. Yum!
Panamanian platter
Heading to the P Canal; Pilot says to follow them.
Traffic into Panama Canal
Piled into a taxi headed for the Best Western in Panama City :-D
Pilot - tough job, but somebody's gotta do it
Hurray up and wait in the Panama Canal
Pilot boards
On the dock in Flamenco Marina, Panama City
Panama City!
Us, DLD and Unicef awaiting pilots then to enter canal.
After going through the first three locks, we moored, rafted, and waited several hours for a new pilot
And it poured rain!
Sarah greets us at Flamenco Marina Panama
Team building weekend in Toronto June 2015
Laura, team coordinator extraordinaire!