Blog from yacht Pendragon in the 1000 mile doublehanded race (Scheveningen (NL) - Bergen (NO) - Lerwick (Shetlands) - Bergen (NO). Starting June 16th 2011. Crew members: Jan Borgdorff (left) and Georges Kemmerling (right). Pendragon is a "Van de Stadt" 36 ft Excalibur from 1968. We are racing against modern yachts, but with an IRC rating which may help to even the score a bit.



dinsdag 14 juni 2011

Tracker link is nu bekend!!!

Onderstaand het bericht van de 1000 mile race office:
1000-MILE DOUBLEHANDED RACE NEWS # 6

June 12 2011

Dear all,
Just a brief e-mail to let you know the url of the tracker page, so you could use it in your weblogs, send it to families & friends, etc

1. TRACKER LINK
The web address of the tracker page is http://live.1000mile.org/
Yachts will be visible at the chart 1 or 2 days before the start.

2. Preliminary Programme (updated)
Tuesday June 14
All day: safety check (make appointment)
14:00   Race Office open
17:00   Race Office closed
17:30   Informal drink near or at the boats.

Wednesday June 15
All day: safety check (make appointment)
11:00   Race Office open
15:30   Group picture
17:00   Race Office closed
16:00   Briefing (subjects:  start/finish procedures, finish/start/berthing locations, trackers, meteo, and anything you want us to explain)
17:30   Drink & Dinner at the clubhouse of the Scheveningen Yacht Club 'At Sea'

Repetitions from earlier newsletters:

3. RACE TELEPHONE NUMBER
For most of you are busy or sailing, and perhaps not checking your e-mail as regular, we opened an 'old school' way of communicating: the telephone!

Although we still prefer you contact us by e-mail, from now on you also can reach us at:

+31 6 27 97 56 07

Text, call or leave a message...

5. Latest arrival at Scheveningen (Addendum Notice of Race)
We mistakenly failed to mention a 'latest arrival' in Scheveningen.
The following will be added to the NoR: "All entered boats shall be berthed in Scheveningen by 1200 (LT) Wednesday 15th June 2011"

6. Your weblog
If you maintain a weblog, website or e-mail list/newsletter, please inform us about it, we will mention it on our website and press publications.


kind regards,
Your Race Comittee