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Graham Smart
May 9, 20211 min read
... and they're off!
A flying start from Jock in full view of his Tighnabruaich neighbour on RFA Wave Knight - who wasn’t looking! The route takes the boats...
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Graham Smart
May 8, 20211 min read
Coiled Springs!
So Jock has his springs coiled and the unofficial NOSTAR is set to get underway tomorrow, Sunday 9th May 2021 at 12:00. The start line is...
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Jock Hamilton
Apr 30, 20213 min read
Approaching the Start
Day 3 - Yesterday was far pleasanter, we had sun and smaller seas. I was goosewinged from 0800 and under almost all plain sail except...
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Jock Hamilton
Apr 29, 20214 min read
Good Progress!
Day 2. Thursday morning is much nicer. Yesterday was good for progress but bad for expletives. Monday night I was up every hour to have a...
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Graham Smart
Apr 28, 20211 min read
High Tech VR Tracking
Jock and Katherine’s Dad, Peter, used this chart to track his Atlantic crossings nearly 70 years ago. Using the latest technology and...
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Jock Hamilton
Apr 27, 20212 min read
First Day at Sea
Well, that’s me set off, well, hopefully as far as Plymouth in any case. I left at 1000 to a departure committee on the pier which was...
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Jock Hamilton
Apr 20, 20212 min read
Background to the NOSTAR
Charlotte’s Nostar I had been preparing to enter the OSTAR or Original Single Handed Transatlantic Race last year. This was to have been...
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Jock Hamilton
Apr 20, 20213 min read
Preparing for the NOSTAR
Jock Hamilton and sailing the Atlantic. I had been intending to sail across the Atlantic in my boat last year, 2020, because I thought it...
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