Big Bear Blog

Dear Big Bear I know you are gently relaxing in your hurricane pit in Virgin Gorda but dont get too lazy cos we have sailing to do soon! will be coming down to cruise around the BVI in November..then plan is to take you up to Newport in April for you to hopefully be prepared [...]

Reporting from Titan XV, Chris Museler and tells the story of a much loved sailor The most emotional moment of this race so far was when we realized this morning that Vanquish was right behind us, third in fleet on elapsed time. One of the boats from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, [...]

Babe crossed the line approx 3pm Bermuda time All were greatly to Cheers at Valley Field, Harbour Road, Safely, Swiftly, Successfully with Max Fun Thank you Babe followers Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 1:01 PM Hi there Well we have twenty odd miles to go and the sun is shinning. Absolutley beautiful conditions. 10-12 knots [...]

—–Original Message—– Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 6:13 PM At approx 1pm this afternoon at a position 220 miles north of Bermuda the crew of Babe paid tribute to two close friends Deborah Butterfield and Bill Riker, both of whom passed away recently Floral wreaths were launched over the side by Colin and Jonathan in [...]

Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 2:25 PM Good afternoon from about 190 miles out from Bermuda. Well we are doing Ok, breeze has gone down a little from this morning. Now in the high teens. Still have great boat speed, but are now bucking a 2 knot northerly current that is not meant to be [...]

“Moving on Up” I think Speedboat is in Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 7:35 AM Oh what a night……late June back in 2010 (yes is does rhyme….the crew on deck confirm) Well what a bunch of rock stars we have on this boat. Tough night. Wind was from the right direction but stronger than forecast [...]

Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 7:16 PM Hi All getting a bit more interesting out here. spent the day slicing through the gulfstream with a favourable wind shift to the SW. Wind has got up to 20kts but will probably not hold. We are making course straight for the Island so now it is a [...]

Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 12:36 PM Hi to all A quick message to say we are all fine. Last 20 hours have been very frustrating with wind holes and directions not quite as expected. Just entering the north wall of the gulfstream now, so not a lot of time to write as have to [...]

Ok followers answer the question. Hope you are all looking at iboattrack.com, Babe’s class is SDL_3, their speed is one of the best in their class at 6.3knts, with all 10miles of each other. Iboat allows you to see your class only and any other specific boats, other Bermuda boats are Bermuda Oyster, Nasty Medicine, [...]

Quick update beore we lose fast signal!!! We had an outstanding start courtesy of Somers….truely brilliant…pin end just laying the line and we led the Class out past Brenton reef. Long may it continue……we were being buzzed by helcopters off the start so you might see some good footage and photos on the web later [...]