Archive for the ‘Satphone’ Category
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Babe Finish Newport -Bermuda 2010
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 [...]
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Remembering close friends
—–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 [...]
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Hi there
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 [...]
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Babe Mon 0600 EDT
“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 [...]
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Babe Sunday 11am
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 [...]
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Babe Sun 12:36pm Gulfstream
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 [...]
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Good morning…..
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, [...]
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Great Start
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 [...]
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Babe primed
Here you go, moving along at 7.8kts OK Babe followers….. we’veput our boots on, had the pep talk and left the locker room……. the sun is shining here in Newport and we have done our race check in and pre race drills. Just checking the angles on the start line and watching how far the [...]
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Race time!!!
Its friday 18th June and the race to bermuda starts today! Babe is ready and the crew are excited……brother Keiron our navaguesser has a lot on his plate right now determining the best way to go…..but I know he will get it right!!! J