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What a year… for Tim

What a year… for Tim

        Checking my Facebook Update the last few days I realised a lot of friends are posting their year… in photos. Now here is my opportunity to give a quick review for Tim. Tim arrived in my postbox exactly 365 days ago - to clarify: Tim is my...

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Introducing…..Tim

Introducing…..Tim

I remember very clearly getting an toy medic helicopter as a present…. for hours I was playing rescue missions on the steep pile of sand in front of hour house, as I was "rescueing" climbers from the treacherous North Face! The helicopter was from Playmobil - famous...

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The pain and gain of a Spinnaker

The pain and gain of a Spinnaker

Its only the second race day of the race, but already we had to experience the pains and the gains a spinnaker sail. The spinnaker- the largest sail we have on board - is used as a thin downwind sail. It flies at the front like a kite. Imagine a giant triangular...

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Two new Crew Members

Two new Crew Members

Let me introduce:- After careful screening of the crew list, two new members were spotted" on the boat: Captain Sparrow, who is meant to hide a mysterious treasure somewhere on his boat, stolen from yachts over the last decade & Admiral Redjacket - Sparrow's...

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