Team UNICEF

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In the summers between 2015 & 2016, We embarked on a race around the world Sailing on a 70 foot Clipper Yacht. This is a chronicle of our adventures.

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when & where

London > Rio > Cape Town > Albany > Sydney > Hobart > Airlie Beach > Da Nang > Qingdao > Seattle > Panama > New York > Derry > Den Helder > London

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Leg 01 North to South Atlantic London to Rio

Race 01, Tradewinds to Brazil

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Team Unicef

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Saturday August 30th, 2015 - 3rd October 2015 | 34 Days | 5,030Miles 

Firsts | Spinnaker Tear & Repair | Broach | The Doldrums | ITCZ | Mast Climbs | Equator Crossing | TVP |Bay of Biscay | Azores | Cape Verde |  First Leg, 34 Days out at Sea. Nothing would prepare us for an ocean crossing except for just doing it.

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RIO

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Leg 02 South Atlantic Rio to Cape Town

Race 02

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Rio Race Start | the Dreariest | Flying Fish & Squids |  Making it through the night | Staysail Sheet Breaks | Upwind in a 72 hour storm | Windhole waiting in view of Table Mountain

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CAPE TOWN

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Leg 03 the Southern Ocean Cape Town to Albany

Race 03,

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Cape of Good Hope | Storm, the one where they have no sails up & we have one reef | J goes onto the Boom | J Pees | J, Kidney Stones & Morphine | Running Backstay flies off the Deck | Missing Prize Giving | Arrival

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