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15.12.0915th December
posted by Harry McGougan
15th Dec
The last few days has seen us power reaching across the Atlantic underneath a large depression that cam off the US last Thursday. it has »
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Mike Golding
Unexpected opportunities!07.12.06 // Mike Golding
Alex and I met Rt Hon Richard Caborn MP, Minister for Sport in London today. We were invited to recount our recent Southern Ocean adventures to him and a dozen or so of his direct team at the Department of Culture, Media and Sport in Cockspur Street SW1. Everyone listened intently as Alex and I in our now practised double act recounted our recent experiences from the terror of Alex's keel breaking to our joyful arrival in Cape Town. The conversation then extended further into the advancing place of sailing in British sport and the importance of the RYA in promoting increased participation and education in sailing at all levels. Sailing is often a tough sport to sell compared to other more straightforward sports, but I would like to feel that Alex and I did not waste this opportunity with such an influential group. From one extreme to another - I rushed away from this meeting and belted back to Warsash to attend Soren's first nativity play in the local church. Soren was a snowman - complete with carrot nose, bowler hat, bright red scarf and painted sheet. A perfect and unexpected benefit of my premature return home.
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Home... That's weird!06.12.06 // Mike Golding
To watch Soren running through a crowded Heathrow Airport screaming " Daddy Daddy Daddy" was a joyful reward, making all our recent efforts seem even more worthwhile. I am now back in the UK and for ....
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Stir Crazy30.11.06 // Mike Golding
The Southern Ocean seems like a distant memory, the change astonishingly fast with the sea temperatures rising over 20, bright sunshine and no wind we are beginning to feel close to South Africa's....
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Agulhas29.11.06 // Mike Golding
A frustrating days progress, the wind has dropped lighter and is blowing directly from Capetown making progress across the chart painfully slow. Several times we have tacked he boat only to watch our ....
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