Fourteenth Atlantic Night. My shift at the helm with Manuel starts at 00:00 UTC. Manuel is a thirty-two year old sailor from Trieste, full of himself, not a pleasant character in his own words, and he boasts of it with a laugh that attracts slaps. He says about himself: “I can’t please everyone” the problem […]
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Noises, the nights in the ocean are very long and the time marked by shifts at the helm. I feel that JK is in pain and he communicates it to me through the noise. The metals, the woods, the ropes, the winches, the blocks, the trolleys, the slamming doors all generate a sinister noise. The […]
11/27/2021 12:10 pm I receive the following email from the race committee: “We are sad to report the death of crew member Max Delannoy on board the ARC yacht Agecanonix late last night, 26 November. MRCC France Gris-Nez are controlling the incident. “ Reading those few lines make me feel even smaller and a guest […]
25/11 07:00 UTC the dinette of JK sail is invaded by silence and by 220 square meters of pitch black canvas. From 00:00 the ocean started roaring. 20 – 25 knots of downwind make JK fly at 10 fixed knots with peaks at 13. The record was set by Simone Stolfo, the youngest of the […]
Sunday 21/11/2021 at 12:45 a date that will remain etched forever in the memory of the JK crew. We left with little wind and a boat, fully equipped to continue, once we arrived in the Caribbean, around the world. JK, who has never liked light winds, is consequently suffering even more than it should. After […]
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