The race is nearly over now.... time to start crying...
We had a great race across the Atlantic (apart from the excessive amounts of drizzle). New York were chasing us hard for a number of days - and they just couldn't catch us. They'd catch up a little and then we'd pull away again, so kind of stressful but also quite cool. But in the end, they went off on a little jaunt to the south, which paid off and put them 10 nmiles ahead. So then we had Hull and Humber on our heels, and we had a little duel with them for a few days, before coming out on top(Ha ha). Its quite stressful when a boat is close, and you can see exactly how much you have gained or lost - and especially annoying when you come on deck after 4 hours off and see that the other watch have lost two miles (obviously it is always the other watches fault!). In the end we came into Cork second though, so a great result and a great performance by the whole team. We also moved up to 4th place overall, which is amazing considering that we were in 9th overall a couple of months back.
We have been hanging out in Cork for the past few days, before the final race into Liverpool. The yacht club has been great, and the town is very pretty, but I think that I am ready now to leave and make the final trip home. xx
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I am going to sail around the world from Liverpool to Liverpool in the Clipper Round the World yacht race. The race is 10 months long, or 294 days, and goes eastwards, crossing the Atlantic twice, the Southern Ocean, the North Pacific, the Panama Canal and finally the North Atlantic. You can follow my adventures and pain (I suspect there may be a lot of pain) on the blog, and help me to raise money for charity by following the link to my justgiving site. xxx
Fundraising
If you would like to sponsor me in my efforts to sail across a few oceans in a round the world yacht race, please go to my just giving site on www.justgiving.com/nicoleroberts
The charity that I have chosen is access2information, which is a small Amersham-based charity that funds health and education projects for poor children, families and communities in the Philippines and India. They don't take any overheads and all the money they raise goes straight to the projects in Asia, so please do be generous.
Have a look at my just giving site for more details, or the fundraising parts of the main blog.
What is this race thing?
The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, is a round the world yacht race for amateurs. 10 identical boats race each other around the world. Go to http://www.clipperroundtheworld.com for more info and to follow the race, which starts on 16th September.
Helping to fund the yacht race.....
I am also trying to raise money to cover some of the costs of taking part in a round the world yacht race.
If you can help in any way at all, please contact me on nicoleroberts2007@gmail.com
All donations will be very gratefully received, and I will aim to publicise your generosity in any way that I can.
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