Pip Hare 5/14/19 Pip Hare 5/14/19

Bermudes 1000 - Time in slow motion

Have I really only been out here for 5 days? It feels a lot longer. Time does funny things when you are alone on a boat and today seems to have stretched out immeasurably.

Pip Hare 5/13/19 Pip Hare 5/13/19

Bermudes 1000 - Fighting for Vendee Globe Qualification

The last 24hrs has been a reminder of how big all of this, the ocean, the boat, all of the elements that need to be in balance to successfully race this boat. The tiniest things can trip you up, for me it's a bolt.

Pip Hare 5/12/19 Pip Hare 5/12/19

Bermudes 1000 Race - Goose neck damage on board Superbigou

This morning whilst performing one of the regular deck and rig checks, Pip noticed that a critical pin holding the boom onto the mast had worked it’s way loose and was close to failing.