Reports 26, 27 December
26 December - Christmas Gooseneck Problems.
Audio Clip courtesy Trigone/VendeeGlobe
27 December - Good progress despite Gooseneck Problems.
Audio Clip courtesy Trigone/VendeeGlobe
27 December - Scuttlebutt report - Steve nominated as Seahorse Sailor Of The Month
Steve White (GBR) - Quotes from nominators,
No one in the event can have risked so much to achieve their goal against every possible obstacle - Eero Lehtinen;
A superb example of what dogged self-belief can achieve? - Andrew Hunt;
Steve embodies the spirit that makes the Vendee so fascinating? - Jeremy Troughton;
Steve needs the Dubarrys and gear a lot more than Bruno Trouble, he can buy his own!!! - Harry Spedding.
Links to scuttlebutt and
Seahorse.
27 December - Newswire report - Good progress despite gooseneck problems
Steve White, GBR (Toe in the Water), has kept the foot hard down over the last 24 hours on the evergreen 10 year old Finot Conq design which already completed two circumnavigations, and sailing a creditable 367 miles, the highest average in the fleet over the last day, despite a broken goose-neck.
