Hi, I have just registered Mic Mac (and myself) for the Translemanique en Solitaire regatta and I am starting this blog as a logbook of my preparations. I hope it will be an adventure!
What is this regatta all about? It is a single-handed race on the Geneva lake - from Geneva to Lausanne and back. When? September 1st - in exactly 36 days. What boat? I will do it on Mic Mac, a Surprise of the CERN Yachting Club. It is a bit of a challenge, because you normally sail this boat with in a crew of 4 people. There is no autopilot, but you can block the rudder with a piece of rope. Needless to say, you want to use all the sails (including the spi). So it is a bit different from your daily sailing experience. This is what makes it interesting!
The address of this blog is 66nm.blogspot.com, because when Andrea did it in 2010, he sailed exactly 66 nautical miles. This is his GPS track - it took him 16 hours! I hope this year will be at least as much wind... It took Thierry only 12 hours in 2011.
If you find this project interesting, send me an email! Thanks for reading, Michał
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