Wednesday 12th – Update August 12, 2009

Fingers crossed we are headed to Poolbeg Yacht & Boat Club, about 1 mile up river from Poolbeg lighthouse, Dublin. Want to repair boat and find new crew member to continue to Dover via scotland. Anyone?

Please give generously August 12, 2009

A consequence of the events of the last few days is that we will receive more media coverage and more hits to the website, but we would just like to remind everyone the reason for doing the challenge is to raise money for the charity Orchid, so please give generously

Press Update August 12, 2009

We will be adding links to news articles about the plane crash as and when they appear… The Independent Irish Times Breaking News

Wednesday 12th August 12, 2009

We are headed to Wicklow to meet sky news and press association and hand over footage of rescue. For all media we are contactable on +44 7852 746 778. Will has left the boat for personal reasons with our full support after the plane crash. We are then headed to Dublin for urgent repairs and [...]

Tuesday 11th August 12, 2009

A day tougher than yesterday which wasn’t expected! We hit South East Ireland having recovered from the storm despite the strong tide in between Ireland and Wales. Anchored with the tide against us we saw an aeroplane crash into the sea (http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0811/breaking71.htm) and initiated the mayday rescue and were first on the scene. We got [...]

Monday 10th – Stormy August 12, 2009

Today we faced our biggest challenge so far as we realised what the Irish Sea really had to offer… last night we were caught in a severe storm which was not a great way to start Will’s birthday! We part capsized, which unfortunately cost us an oar, which was smashed off, as well as two [...]

Friday August 8, 2009

0400-0600 – will is on the grave yard shift – wind and tide against us coupled with being half asleep making the GPS screen impossible to read. 09:00 – tides are with us, but as per usual, the wind has picked up from the west, so it’s heading straight at us, which is so depressing [...]

Wednesday – a close encounter August 8, 2009

Wednesday night brought a close encounter with a tanker passing a few hundred metres away. 21:00-06:00 – very deep sleeps with everyone managing to dream within the hour! This brought on confusion and disorientation among the crew and meant the strokes found it virtually impossible to keep their eyes open to look at the compass [...]

Tuesday 4th August 8, 2009

Currently at anchor since 3am 15m SE Isle of Wight. Once again watching clock tick away and not going anywhere. Good chance for sleep though. Break from the 2 hours on, 2 hours off. Body thankful at least. We heard what we thought was wind whistling but was a French yacht and they could see [...]

Monday 3rd – reason to be cheerful August 8, 2009

We’re cruising along nicely today – averaging over 3.2 knots, which should make up for the last 2 days slow performance! Also we spotted dolphins, lots of them, to which Oli got very excited, but us old hands are used to them! Only 45 miles to go ’till the Isle of White, very exciting, and [...]