The Fine Line Between Fear and Excitement – Team Daft 12 hours to go!

Jun 20, 2010

As I write this I am in my bunk aboard the team daft yacht. We have 12 hours to go until our race around Ireland begins. The other competitors are all around us and I am starting to feel the fear! I remember this feeling from before. Fear is how I have just described...

Trust-Building 40 feet Above Team Daft yacht

May 30, 2010

Mick harnessed up 12 hours into our sail. The halyard from our smaller head sail which we had just hoisted had come away from the top of the sail in rough waters and quickly strengthening winds off the south coast of england. The solution was to go up the mast and get...

The Adventure is Back On

May 28, 2010

After 24 hours of waiting and wondering in Hamble we are back on the water and sailing to Ireland. The purpose of our pit stop was to lift the boat out and have our sponsors branding applied to the hull. But with the tide disappearing at speed we were in danger of...

Team Daft Take to the High Seas at last!

May 27, 2010

It’s all systems go with all of us in Team Daft! We have had nearly all the sail combinations up and down, we have tried different variations of our kit options and I have got going with my audible compass. It is a seriously powerful boat and using the audible...

Different Strengths Make for the Right Team

May 26, 2010

Today we stepped onto the Team Daft yacht for the first time. It is massive and unlike anything I have ever sailed on. Below deck doesn’t even have flooring and the sleeping quarters are just canvas cots with rope pulleys so we can change the angle and avoid...

En Route to France for the pickup

May 25, 2010

Mark, Mick and reserve skipper Ian Travers file a video report from the ferry on their way to pick up the Team Daft Class 40 in France. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSdEl7uJsjc]