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Thursday, 15 May 2008 17:15 |
 Phil Sharp arrived into St Barts just after 0700 local time onboard his yacht Atlantik FT in 23rd place out of 26 starters. The race took him 24 days, 23 hours, 13 minutes and 13 seconds. Phil and his team-mate David Krizek were at the front of the fleet for much of the race and enjoyed a podium position for several days. After taking a few days to settle into the race routine and to get to know their new Figaro boat, they stealthily climbed the ranking each day before choosing to take a northerly route in search of wind. This one tiny discrepancy in the chain of the weather upset the rest of the race for them and yet it could have just as easily been the other way round...Mother Nature played a harsh card and it cost them dearly. |
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Thursday, 15 May 2008 15:10 |
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 Almost 25 days since they left Concarneau, France, Atlantik FT has arrived in St Barts, Guadeloupe. Phil and David crossed the line at 13:23:13 on May 15th finishing in a time on 24 days 23 hours and 13 seconds. Whilst not overly happy with their positions, the boys were happy with how they sailed the race and thrilled to have finally arrived in port and about to embark on a dream meal. Watch the video of the finish. See photos of the finish .
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008 13:48 |
 David and I are just 180 miles from the finish now, tantalisingly close after over 3,500 miles racing and are still pushing as hard as possible to get to that well earned beer as quickly as possible. The last couple of days have been pretty frustrating as we've come to realise that it is very difficult to make up quick miles on the guys ahead in these one-design boats following our big 'mis-hap' up north. Even with a well set-up and well trimmed boat, in the same conditions it is hard to be anything more than 0.2 knots faster than another boat with a respectable trim, so pulling back say 30 miles to the nearest boat in front is going to be a tall order. Let's not forget that this is the most competitive fleet in ocean racing today. |
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Friday, 09 May 2008 16:52 |
This morning sees another day of very light winds for us and almost non-existent progress towards St Barts. This has been the story over the last few days as watching the southern hoard rocket past us over the last couple of days and our position slip from 4th to 15th. But there's nothing we can now do about as we can do about it as we are unable to reach the trades due to a col of very light winds to our south, a result of a depression moving across to our north. In essence we have missed a weather gate to the only reliable winds around in the Atlantic, and we look set to wallow around north of the rhum line for the next few days. The only consolation is that we have overtaken Athema, a boat who was ahead of us in the northern pack now trying to reach the trades, and the other guys from the north have lost just as much time as us, which means they must have also been moving as fast as drifting plankton.
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