Catch up with our 470 Women's team, Carrie Smith & Jaime Ryan, before their racing begins on Wednesday here (early Thursday morning AEST). ‪#‎OneTeam‬ ‪#‎GoAusSailors‬ Video by Beau Outteridge

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We had an interesting final sail on Peter's Firebird in the most wind I sailed in when in Barbados - we sailed with 2 reefs. Peter's friend Eric has a foiling waveboard and he wanted to foil behind the Firebird. In the end he managed it, but there was lots of falling in at the beginning. It was hard work for Peter and I as we had to start at near zero speed, so Eric could grab the tow rope, then slowly accelerate to about 7 knots so he could get ready for lift off. Then accelerate to 10 knots very quickly, so he could lift out. And then control the speed at 10-12 rather than surge up to 15-18. But of course the wind would drop, or he'd fall in or.... but, as I say, after 2 hours he did manage to fly for maybe 30 secs. Although, if we were quick enough, we could stop and heave to after he fell in, sometimes we sailed on too far and then we had to pull in the tow rope (we discovered it was too easy to get it entangled on rudders and daggerboards), tack round and sail back. As always it was scary how quickly a head disappears from view. But interestingly we could easily see him when he was in the sun, it was when he was north of us that he became invisible (one of his sons kept a very close eye on Dad, religiously pointing to his position). Flat water helped, and lots of passing day charter cats got a bit confused by seeing a swimmer apparently a mile out to sea but happily waving!

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Второй день Нового года, Повесил телефон на мачту 🙈успели поймать классную погоду, свежий хороший ветер, бодрый и праздничный настрой. Полных парусов всем романтикам в 2024 году. ⛵✌️🐾

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🇫🇷 Yannick Bestaven poursuit sa route hors course vers Les Sables d'Olonne et passe juste à côté de Fernando de Noronha, un archipel brésilien. 🇬🇧 Yannick Bestaven continues his out-of-race route towards Les Sables d'Olonne and passes right by Fernando de Noronha, a Brazilian archipelago ------------------------ ➡️ SUIVEZ-NOUS ! // FOLLOW US ! 🔗 Website : www.vendeeglobe.org 📸 Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/vendeeglobe/ 🐦 X FR : https://twitter.com/VendeeGlobe | X ENG : https://x.com/VendeeGlobeENG 🕺 TikTok : https://www.tiktok.com/@vendee_globe 💻 Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/VendeeGlobe 💼 LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/vendée-globe/

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#sailinglife #marriagesavers #headset #hollyland #shorts #marineheadset #outdoorlife #walkietalkies #boatlife #Hollylandtech #communication #fijiisland #fijiwater #shorts Recently we went to the aid of a sailboat that had hit a reef in Fiji because the spotter didn't warn the helm in time about the coral reef up ahead. Fast communication between the spotter and helm is essential to navigate the dubiously chartered coral reefs and bommie fields of Fiji and we've often envied crew on other boats who manage to do this without shouting at eachother down the length of the boat! Someone at @hollylandtech obviously noticed our lack of effective communication and sent us some cool Solidcom C1 Pro headsets to try out.. and boy have they made a difference We turn down 90% of free products offered for us by brands to 'try out' because.. well, we know we just won't use them, but these headsets have been an absolute Godsend, so thanks to the guys at @Hollylandtech

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