We left London on September 1st, a little over one month ago, and its time to draw some conclusions. The start of the race to Portugal was a wake-up call for most. After having left in beautiful weather and still feeling vulnerable having said goodbye to our loved ones, we were soon hit by pretty …
a tribute to appreciation
My last training week in Juli, was a step towards reality as we sailed with our skipper and first mate and only our own crew. We lived in our watch system and sailed day and night, did trial runs for the race start and a practice race to France and back. I met more of my …
a tribute to identity
Identity, /ɑɪˈden·tɪ·t̬i/: who a person is, or the qualities of a person or group that makes them different from others I am reading this book "Far from the Tree" by Andrew Solomon. It is a book about children that are different from the families their born in; that feel differently, communicate differently. The black sheep …
a tribute to adaptation
A couple of weeks ago I completed my level 2 training. And it turned out to be as emotional than the first. Soon I realized that I was going through the exact same motion as in level 1 training. I was going through a very common adaptation curve. I arrived at training with the feeling …
A tribute to vulnerability
The crew has a couple different channels to communicate. There is... our own crew hub, with all information, documents, reminders (professionally organized by the Clipper organization) a closed Facebook group and WhatsApp groups after training. We exchange valuable advice on materials (yes, you can have 50+ comments on socks...), encourage each other on fundraising or …
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