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Everything has its own time

A sailor's life is made of constant choices. Sometimes it's a matter of deciding between an infinite number of options, as happened two days ago; other times there's only one fork in the road, but ...

Heading back from the arctic circle

The Arctic Circle has finally arrived, and among the countless ways the fleet could have reached it, the crossing looked almost ironically like a club race: every boat in a line, close-hauled on st...

Arctic philosophies

After Tuesday's underwater footage, yesterday we got to enjoy Ambrogio's smile as he passed the Faroe Islands

Setbacks and compromises

Waves, wind, and an ever longer and whiter wake astern: yesterday saw "Allagrande Mapei" climbing on port tack along the western coast of Ireland and then Scotland, in sustained breeze and a built ...

The race is entering a tougher phase!

Yesterday morning the leading group faced the passage of the first front, with wind rapidly shifting from south-west to north-west, causing a slight compression of the fleet in the lighter air sitt...