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Monday, August 1, 2011
Talent Versus Work
But when I read them, I'm a bit overwhelmed. I think, "THEY ARE SO TALENTED!"
At which point my husband's voice pops into my head (as it often does, though usually it is saying things like, "Please remember to recycle that," or, "Another Dr Pepper?" or, "I hope you understand how beautiful you are,") saying, "I hate it when people dismiss someone who is very good at something as being talented. That isn't talent you are reading or seeing or hearing. That is WORK."
And he's right.
But he's also wrong.
(Sorry, Hot Stuff. I'll explain.)
He's definitely right. When you listen to someone play an instrument like they were born with it in their hands, that is not talent. That is hours and hours and years of practice. They didn't pick up the violin and play like that naturally. They worked to get there. They sacrificed to get there. Getting there was not easy, and staying there isn't, either.
When you read a book that is truly crafted, engaging, wonderful, etc, it didn't just flow out of the writer's brain and onto the page like that. That book is a reflection of a lifetime of reading and paying attention, years of practicing their own writing skills, and odds are draft after draft after draft (after draft after draft after draft after draft) of editing and polishing.
At my launch party signing, someone was saying to Stephanie Perkins that every word in her book is perfect. I laughed and said, "Yes, that's because she agonizes over EVERY SINGLE ONE." I was looking through my downloads folder recently and saw a document titled "LOLA DRAFT 18." And giggled over the people who think writing for teens is easy. LOLA AND THE BOY NEXT DOOR? Not easy in any way for Steph to write. But when you read it, you won't see the eighteen + drafts' worth of work and sweat and tears and agony. You will only see the finished product, which is amazing.
So, in a way, there is no such thing as talent when it comes to that skill level. There is only work.
But...that's not quite accurate, is it? Because even if I put in the same amount of work and time and effort into my writing, I will never write with the startling humor and perfect wordsmithing of Neil Gaiman. Plain and simple. I will never capture the beauty and hope in pain like Sara Zarr, I will never write with the grace and charm of Shannon Hale, I will never weave magic into the simplest description like Laini Taylor, I will never write the ABSOLUTE OH MY GOSH CUTEST BOYS IN THE WHOLE WORLD like Stephanie Perkins.
No matter how hard I try.
And this is where talent comes in (although I think that might be not quite the right word). Because not everyone starts on the same level, and not everyone ends up on the same level either. And that's okay. I can't write like those authors, but you know what?
They can't write like me, either.
(Oh, gosh, wouldn't it be scary if they were like, "Actually..." and then sent me something so perfectly imitating my writing that it rendered me completely obsolete and then I'd just go down into my parent's basement and never leave again and go ahead and drink all of that Dr Pepper and not recycle the cans and get adult onset diabetes and prove my husband right and yeah, let's just stop this line of thinking immediately. Let's prove my husband right on the beautiful part, instead.)
Because while dismissing someone's work as something natural like talent is wrong, I strongly believe that a talented author or musician can bring something to their piece that no one else can. I also strongly believe that everyone has talent. It might not express in the same way as someone else, or even the way you want it to, but it's there. I've said this before and I've said it again: You have stories to bring to the world that no one else can. Maybe it's through writing. Maybe it's through something else. Regardless, it takes work to get there, and it's not easy, and oftentimes it's not fun, either, but if you have stories to tell, tell them. No one else can tell it like you can.
Except Neil Gaiman, but let's face it: if he wants to tell your story, you're going to let him.
33 comments:
- Lissa said...
This is a good post. it takes hard work to produce something of substance. How many drafts did Paranormalcy and Supernaturally go through?
- August 1, 2011 at 1:03 PM
- Suz Korb said...
Hopefully my already thrice drafted manuscript will one day reflect my hard work and talent. I haven't even drafted it enough times to send it to lit agents yet!
And you're right, I never imagine published authors have to put so much work into their perfectly talented looking books.
- August 1, 2011 at 1:03 PM
- Luisa Perkins said...
Excellent post! A thought-provoking kick in the pants, very much needed today.
- August 1, 2011 at 1:05 PM
- Samantha said...
I'm new to your blog and I must say that I really love it! Your humor is amazing and what you have to say is spot on. I don't like it when I see a review of a book and it says something like "the next James Patterson," because honestly, no two authors write exactly the same. We all have our own style and that's what is so beautiful about reading.
Great post!
- August 1, 2011 at 1:07 PM
- Brenna Braaten said...
I think people always forget how much time and energy goes into writing. I have been lamenting for a while over my manuscript, and you reminded me that everyone else goes through that too. This was a beautiful post for Monday.
And yeah, hard to touch a guy like Gaiman.
- August 1, 2011 at 1:17 PM
- Laura Ann Swanson said...
I spend a year letting it ruminate, a year world building and obsessive outline making, and a year writing the rough draft numero uno BEFORE erasing everything and starting again at least 10 times...
So yeah. Growing new people is easier than new stories.
- August 1, 2011 at 1:29 PM
- Red Boot Pearl said...
So true--and good thing I don't write like any of them or I'd never think my work was good enough to send in...
- August 1, 2011 at 1:36 PM
- prerna pickett said...
Thank you for this post. I have a hard time not complaining about how my writing will never as good as _____(fill in the blank). And yes, it takes a while to get to that finished product, but it's worth the hard work (and I'm hoping I have the talent for it, too). I've lost count on how many revisions I've done thus far.
- August 1, 2011 at 1:37 PM
- Red Boot Pearl said...
haha, that came out totally weird... I meant if I had a similar style and measured myself next to their work I would crawl in a cave and die...
I still don't know if i'm getting my point across
- August 1, 2011 at 1:37 PM
- Dara said...
Excellent and thought provoking post. I went and counted the draft of my last WiP and I had a good 7 versions. And it's still no where close to being done!
- August 1, 2011 at 2:00 PM
- Caroline Starr Rose said...
I strongly believe that a talented author or musician can bring something to their piece that no one else can.
This is what has kept me going over the years!
- August 1, 2011 at 2:40 PM
- Steph Sinkhorn said...
That online "Who Do You Write Like?" test tells me that I write like Neil Gaiman, and you can imagine how thrilled that makes me even though I know it's probably totally bogus. But sometimes you take what you can get.
I read somewhere once that having your art recognized means you must have at least two of these three things: talent, luck, or persistence. Hopefully you have all three, but you need at least two. I find that pretty fitting.
- August 1, 2011 at 3:02 PM
- rockinlibrarian said...
This is a lovely lovely post in every way, and I thank you for it. I ought to print it out for inspiration on occasion.
- August 1, 2011 at 3:30 PM
- Juliemybird said...
I don't have a lot of beautiful words with which to respond to this post, because I'm pretty sure it left me speechless. Speechless, and profoundly encouraged. All the best things.
Also, Red Boot Pearl, I totally get where you're coming from.
- August 1, 2011 at 3:42 PM
- Alex (A Girl, Books, OtherThings) said...
I've always been of the opinion that, whatever the field, an artist is nothing without talent, but talent is nothing without hard work.
Every skill, as natural as it comes to you, needs work to be something truly good.
- August 1, 2011 at 3:51 PM
- Bryan Russell said...
I don't trust a man who wears black all the time. Very suspicious, Mr. Gaiman, very suspicious.
Stay away from my story. I know how you love to write fluffy bunny stories, but this one's mine.
- August 1, 2011 at 4:05 PM
- Lo said...
How can you be so awesome and so adorable at once? NO REALLY I WANT TO KNOW. This was such a great post. I think I'll read it about 500 times today.
- August 1, 2011 at 4:31 PM
- Suzie F. said...
Great post!
And, really. Who can touch a man who has been on an episode of Arthur? It doesn't get much better than that.
- August 1, 2011 at 5:30 PM
- kllamp said...
I absolutely agree, we all have gifts/talents of many kinds, but if we don't work at them or do anything with them, they are not going to improve, in fact we will probably lose the gifts we orginally had.
Great post!
Melissa x
- August 1, 2011 at 8:12 PM
- Michelle said...
Draft 18? Ok, now I feel better about my draft 5. Thanks, Kiersten!
- August 1, 2011 at 9:38 PM
- Unknown said...
It's kind of like when you see models who look really stunning because they have "no makeup on." And then you find out how much product and hours of work it took to make that person look like they aren't wearing makeup. (Uh, yes. This is a very shallow and somewhat shoddy comparison). Your books, Kiersten, feel so effortless and fun. At the same time, I feel like part of why they feel that way to the reader is because you have worked so hard to build a believable world and allow Evie & Co. to really tell the story and shine, which takes a lot of hard work. By the way, I finished Supernaturally today and am so impatient for Endlessly!! My only complaint is I WANT MORE RETH! Excuse the Kanye caps. I just wanted to get that out there. I don't know what it is about Reth and his cray-cray ways, but they are so much fun to read. He is fascinating, though I wouldn't want him stalking me.
- August 1, 2011 at 10:06 PM
- Becka-la said...
Talking of awesome authors that have a fantastic and unique way of writing *cough* *Kiersten* *cough*...
I was wondering if you liked Harry Potter cause if so did you know that JKRowling has got an early entry to Pottermore going on at the moment?
In the morning (in england) each day from the 31st July to the 6th August she's posting a question to do with each of the books successively which if you answer and put at the end of a website thing you can find the magic quill and gain early access to the all-about-harry-potter website that only opens completely to the public in October!
P.s. Jus tgot Supernaturally in the post yesterday! AWESOME!!!!
- August 2, 2011 at 3:31 AM
- LinWash said...
This is a lovely post. And who knows? Maybe Neil (one of my favorite authors too) is geeking out ovr Evie and her Tasey. If so, he can join the rest of us.
- August 2, 2011 at 5:27 AM
I dont know abOut the cute boys thing, Ettiene and Lend are neck and neck in my mind. Ettiene is British but Lend is made of water. Oh, and by the way I stayed up all last night reading Supernaturally and you got me to cry. Twice. I loved it and personally, this book beet all the Neil Gaiman ones in my favorites!
- August 2, 2011 at 8:52 AM
- Shallee said...
I love this! I've heard the argument that "everything is work" in writing, and I've never really agreed with it. Yes, it's true that the harder you work and the more you learn, the better the end product will be. But it's also true, like you said, that everyone has talents. Different writers have different natural abilities-- and that's why we have so many wonderful different books!
One thing I love about having critique groups is that not only are they good to point out the spots that can get better with more work, but they can also point out the spots that shine-- the spots that show where your personal writing talents are.
Thanks for this thoughtful post. :)
- August 2, 2011 at 11:43 AM
- Becci said...
This stayed with my all through yesterday and into today. When you find out someone shares your fears, it's like HOLY CHEESE, I'm not alone!
So well said, and... yeah, just thanks for this.
- August 2, 2011 at 3:13 PM
- justshireen said...
Lovely, lovely post. The magic is somewhere in between the hard work and the natural talent, I think.
Your post reminded me of something I heard Neil Gaiman say in an interview recently. Something along the lines of, "No one is going to be a better Neil Gaiman than me. No one is going to write American Gods better than I can. No one is a better you, than you are. No one can do your work better than you."
I'm sure I've butchered it a bit, but the sentiment is the same and what I think you're saying as well.
- August 3, 2011 at 2:46 PM
- Whirlochre said...
Too true. A surfeit of brain cells is definitely a genetic advantage, but once the die has been cast, the ability to (wish to) rub synapses together till they chafe into flames is what counts.
- August 3, 2011 at 4:24 PM
- Melanie Jacobson said...
I am insanely in love with this post. It's so true. To say it's just talent actually is pretty dismissive. I believe in my talent but I'm having to face how incredibly undisciplined I can be and it's really, really uncomfortable because the work is SO HARD.
- August 3, 2011 at 9:55 PM
- Laini Taylor said...
Wonderful post, Kiersten! Our expression are all unique to our own brains and experience -- it's the coolest thing ever. And draft 18! Ha ha ha! So not funny. Why am I laughing. I feeeeeel that pain.
- August 4, 2011 at 8:43 AM
- lotusgirl said...
Marvelous post! Well stated.
- August 4, 2011 at 10:20 AM
- Katrina L. Lantz said...
This is so encouraging! Shared it! Thanks so much for giving aspiring writers like me hope that we can become masters of the written word, too. Some days we read Paranormalcy or The Maze Runner and go, Gah! I'll never get there!
This post rocks.
- August 4, 2011 at 11:17 AM
- Christina Farley said...
Yes, yes and yes! Writing is so hard and yet sometimes I wonder if the talent is more in the sheer perseverance of it all. And chocolate. There's that too.
- August 5, 2011 at 6:20 PM


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Thomson revealed yesterday that in order to stand a chance of overhauling French skipper Le Cléac'h before the finish of the solo round the world race he must get to within 50 miles of him in the next few days. At the 1400 UTC position report yesterday Thomson's Hugo Boss was 216 miles adrift of Le Cléac'h's Banque Populaire VIII as the pair passed to the west of the Cape Verde Islands. At the same time today that deficit was down to 131 miles as light winds forced Le Cléac'h to slow to just one knot compared to Thomson's eight knots. Thomson too will see speeds drop as he hits the dead spot but with several days of light-wind sailing ahead before stronger south-easterlies fill in near the Azores even the smallest of gains were welcome.
Thomson was not the only one with reason to celebrate. Crossing the Equator yesterday 13 days, three hours and 59 minutes after rounding Cape Horn, Jean-Pierre Dick set a new race record for the passage. Incredibly he shaved almost 16 hours off the reference time of Vendée 2012-13 winner François Gabart of 13 days, 19 hours and 29 minutes. In fact, Dick was just the first of four skippers to beat Gabart's time. Thomson posted a time of 13 days, five hours and 30 minutes, Yann Eliès took 13 days, seven hours and 20 minutes while Jean Le Cam was just 37 minutes behind. In stark comparison, race leader le Cléac'h was almost 32 hours slower than Dick over the same distance, but his woes did not stop there. His losses caused by a painful crossing of the Doldrums were today laid bare. Fifteen of the race's remaining 18 skippers made gains on Banque Populaire over the past seven days. Frenchman Eric Bellion has been by far the biggest winner in the last week, pulling back 641nm on Le Cléac'h, with Jean-Pierre Dick was next in line making back 388nm. Only Thomson and 17th-placed Pieter Heerema lost ground on Le Cléac'h, Thomson dropping 26nm to the leader and Heerema losing 10nm.
The Vendée Globe finish line is now within 1,800 miles of Le Cléac'h, and his ETA in Les Sables remains Thursday January 19th. Race HQ has now moved from Paris and is set up in Les Sables ready for the opening of the race village tomorrow. Doors to the village, at Port Olona, open to the public at 10am local time and visitors can enjoy an exhibition on the race, shop for official Vendée Globe merchandise or relax in the race's legendary bar and restaurant, the VOG. A huge screen will show the arrivals live from the finish line to the pontoon, and skippers will then be interviewed on the main stage.
Tune in to the Vendée Live show tomorrow on the race website at 1200 UTC for the latest news from the Vendée Globe.
Sunday 6th November 1302hrs (local time), 1202 UTC the start gun will send 29 intrepid
solo skippers off on the eighth edition of the Vendée Globe. In a modern age where the
pursuit of instant gratification and always-on social interconnection prevails in even the
most remote corners of the world, the challenge of racing non stop around the globe
without outside help – one person, one boat non stop 24,020 nautical miles Les Sables
d'Olonne to Les Sables d'Olonne via the three great capes for somewhere between 75
and 120 days, retains an enduring, magical appeal.
The purity and simplicity of the race remains unchanged since the first edition in 1989 when 13 pioneering soloists started. But it is testament to its incredible magnetism that the race which starts Sunday will be the most international yet as for the first time the challenge is taken up by soloists from the Australasian and Asian continents. Twenty French skippers and nine from Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland and the USA will answer the start cannon Sunday. Ireland, New Zealand and Japan are represented for the first time. The performance and age spectrum of the skippers and their respective View the online version
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the top, all-French hierarchy. Last night Thomson and his team sailed one final, overnight
testing mission, checking different foil and sail set ups. During the summer his Hugo Boss
proved to have race winning potential when he lead the New York – Vendée warm up
Transatlantic Race before electrical problems compromised his winning challenge. Since then, despite having to resort to his set of first generation foils after the second generation set failed, Thomson asserts that Hugo Boss is even faster.
Even among seasoned race watchers the perennial question 'Who will win the Vendée Globe?' has many different answers. Including Thomson there are six highly experienced, top skippers equipped with foils. Armel Le Cléac'h has finished second in the last two Vendée Globes, only three hours behind winner Gabart in 2013, the conclusion of a mind bending match-race all the way around the world when the two near identical IMOCAs raced all the way as if joined by bungee elastic. Sébastien Josse lead the epic 2008-9 race at different stages before he was forced to abandon with rudder damage. Edmond de Rothschild is the highly optimised, immaculately prepared new IMOCA aboard which he won last winter's solo Transat Saint Barth's-Lorient race before finishing second in this year's New York- Vendée race. His experience racing the Edmond de Rothschild Multi 70 trimaran crewed and short handed has fine tuned his ability to race on the edge for long periods. Jean Pierre Dick on StMichel-Virbac is a multiple winner of big ocean races, such as the Transat Jacques Vabre and two Barcelona World Races around the world. He missed third in the last race when his keel failed 1500 miles from the finish, dropping to fourth. Jéremie Beyou has yet to finish the Vendée Globe despite starting twice. He is the only skipper to retro-fit foils, to his Maitre-Coq, the 2010 launched boat which finished second in 2013 as Banque Populaire.
The only skipper to have won the race before who will be on the start line this time, 2004-5 winner Vincent Riou on PRB, has stayed with a conventional, non foil set up. But his March 2010 launched boat is considered the most optimised, furthest refined IMOCA which possesses a great all round potential. While the foiling IMOCAs are at their best fast reaching in winds over 15kts, they are still felt to have a disadvantage in increased drag in lighter airs and less efficiency upwind. Riou is a firm believer that his choice will give him an at least even chance over the long game. So too Yann Eliès has a well optimised IMOCA with more conventional boards. A three times winner of La Solitaire du Figaro, he returns to the Vendée Globe eight years after being rescued 800 miles south west of Australia. Eliès lay stricken and unable to move suffering from multiple leg fractures inside his yacht for two days before being taken to safety.
An unprecedented five sailors will be racing the Vendée Globe for their fourth time. Riou,
Thomson, Dick and veterans Jean Le Cam and Bertrand de Broc. Two of the 14 first timers will start with realistic aspirations of emulating Gabart's feat, winning the Vendée Globe at their first attempt, never having raced solo in the Southern Oceans. Morgan Lagravière, 29, is an Olympic skiff sailor turned Figaro sailor turned Vendée Globe racer. He was selected by Safran as the best of the new, younger generation talent to fly their colours and he has a foiling, March 2015 launched design. His programme has been managed latterly by Roland Jourdain's organisation. Similarly Paul Meilhat's SMA is the leading IMOCA programme for double Vendée Globe winner Michel Desjoyeaux's Mer Agitée stable. Meilhat, 34, is also an ex 49er sailor who moved through the one design Figaro circuit, winning the 2014 Transat AG2R. There are set to be many races within the race as different generations of boats and skippers compete against each other. A posse of skippers with 2006-7 designs are expected to have equally intense, hard fought battles. Tanguy De Lamotte on Initiatives Couer which publicises acharity which provides life saving heart surgery for children, Louis Burton on Bureau Vallée, Arnaud Boissieres on La Mie Caline, Jean Le Cam on Finistere Mer Vent and Thomas Ruyant on Le Souffle Du Nord, are all expected to form the middle and upper middle order of the fleet.
The race has drawn an engaging cross section of adventurous skippers of all ages who set off with the only common theme being their shared dream of finishing the race, completing the circle. Twenty four year old Swiss soloist Alan Roura has a low budget campaign which
bottomed out financially when he did not have enough money to put fuel in his team van.
Conrad Colman starts his third round the world race having only just secured a last
minute sponsor for his 100% Natural Energy. He is looking to be the first skipper to finish the race using only naturally generated electrical energy. Sébastien Destremau will realise an almost fleeting ambition which only took him over when he was reporting for TV at the start of the last race. Irish businessman, adventurer and sailor Enda O'Coineen on Kilcullen Voyager Team Ireland is looking to fulfil a lifetime ambition but also to spearhead a lasting legacy for Ireland which also encompasses building a sail training vessel and, in the future, a sail training academy. Similarly Holland's Pieter Heerema is a successful businessman looking to fulfil a sailing ambition, racing a latest generation foiler. Hungary's Nandor Fa, 64, starts his third Vendée Globe twenty years after his first one, racing a boat he mostly designed and built himself. American Rich Wilson is driven to compete in his second Vendée Globe, the oldest skipper in the fleet, by the burning desire to share the educational values of the race. His Sites Alive program run from on board Great American 4 will reach over 1 million youngsters, including 3000 schools in China, an educational program approved by the French Education Department, and 50,000 students in Taiwan.
Fair weather expected for the start The weather is now becoming clear and more precise for Sunday: 15 to 20 knot northerlies, ideal conditions to get the world's most extreme race underway. "A north to NW'ly air stream blowing at between 15 and 25 knots out at sea, probably lighter on the coast with squally showers possible around Les Sables d'Olonne. The NW'ly swell should remain below 1m," announced the Great Circle team, the official weather partner for the 8th Vendée Globe. Decent conditions are expected for the 29 IMOCAs as they cross the Bay of Biscay in a northerly flow offering good speeds on seas that remain slight, before they reach Cape Finisterre and then the coast of Portugal in stronger winds (gusting to 35 knots).
In other words, we can look forward to a fast start for the non-stop solo round the world race allowing them in theory to sail downwind all the way to the Equator. "Conditions should enable us to get a good time for this first portion of the race with everyone going down quickly to the Equator. We could see a day less to get there than it took four years ago. We're not about to be shaken up like in 2012. This weather should favour the foilers. That much is clear," explained Vincent Riou (PRB).
A relief for the sailors and their families "We're not looking at a deep low and strong headwinds . I can remember how complicated the start was eight years ago. This time we're not getting thrown in at the deep end and so that removes some of the stress," admitted Armel Le Cléac'h (Banque Populaire VIII), who is already drawing up his route for the first part of the course. A huge relief too for the families. Arnaud Boissières, (La Mie Câline) told us this morning, "The weather is looking decent for the start I'm pleased in particular for my family and friends and sponsors, as that makes it easier to
bear, even if there is bound to be some stress. That means that the fleet should remain intact for longer, which is good."
Rich Wilson, Great American IV:
"I can't wait to get going. It's time we were out there. It's a huge pleasure casting off, even if there is always some stress and apprehension. But we've all been working hard on that. The weather suits me. I prefer to set sail in these winds with less than 20 knots expected, even if know that later in the South, we will get some tough conditions. It was hard for me back in 2008."
Morgan Lagravière (Safran):
"The weather looks good as it will allow us to ease ourselves into the race. That means we can get used to being at sea more easily and avoid getting seasick, while gradually putting our foot down. I was looking forward to this sort of weather, and it seems to be happening now. I'm particularly apprehensive about the morning of the start, as I can get very emotional and I attach a lot of importance to the human aspects ashore. I guess I'll probably be in tears. But we must not see the start as a punishing separation. I'll soon get into race mode and put the rest behind me."
Vincent Riou (PRB):
"Less than a year ago, it was seen as risky fitting foils on these boats. Now it seems that the risk has shifted, making it harder for those without foils."
Jean-Pierre Dick (St Michel-Virbac):
"On Sunday, I'll be setting sail on my fourth VendéeGlobe, but in spite of that, I feel
apprehensive. But who can set off without any worry though, as if they were nipping into their garden to pick some strawberries? No one! In any case I don't know this superman. You can't take anything for granted in top class sports and that is even more the case, when we are looking at the sea. In my previous attempts, I always found it tough settling into the race at the start. The fact that the weather looks decent is good news for me. But I'm not celebrating, as during the round the world voyage, we'll all have to deal with harsh conditions at some point."
Armel Le Cléac'h (Banque Populaire VIII):
"The start of the race should favour the boats with foils with the wind coming from a good angle. We know how to sail quickly in these conditions. It's something we worked on during the training sessions in Port-la-Forêt. We should be able to find our feet relatively easily after this long period ashore. But the second night looks like more of a battle with fairly strong winds along the coast of Portugal. We can't rule out beating the record to the Equator (held since2004 by Jean Le Cam with a time of 10 days and 11 hours)."
Sébastien Destremau (TechnoFirst-faceOcean):
"Some skippers have huge pressure on them. They must win. Today, when you see skippers
refusing to shake your hand because they are afraid of catching something, I applaud them with both hands. That's fabulous. It was my personal choice to go off to Australia last week to see goodbye to the children. I wanted to talk to them and tell them that I was doing something very important, but that was risky. I wanted them to know I loved them before setting off."
14 IMOCA 60 skippers to take on the 'penultimate test' in the New York – Vendée (Les Sables d'Olonne) Race
Fourteen IMOCA 60s will set sail from New York this Sunday in the last major singlehanded race before November's singlehanded non-stop round the world marathon, the Vendée Globe.
More than half of the Vendée Globe fleet is taking part in the New York – Vendée (Les Sables d'Olonne) Race presented by Currency House and SpaceCode. This, the fourth event in the IMOCA Ocean Masters World Championship 2015-2016, will see the solo skippers and their boats leaving set sail from New York on a 3100 mile course across the North Atlantic, bound for the Vendée Globe start-finish port of Les Sables d'Olonne on France's Atlantic coast.
The fleet, currently berthed in Manhattan's North Cove Marina close to 'Ground Zero', includes the six latest generation IMOCA 60s. These futuristic-looking machines represent the cutting edge of offshore yacht racing technology, fitted with retracting J-shaped foils that enable the boats at times literally to fly.
Among the six are Armel le Cleac'h and Banque Populaire, recent winners of the Transat bakerly. Runner-up in the last two Vendée Globes, Le Cleac'h is favourite for the race to the Vendée. He will be up against Hugo Boss skipper, Britain's Alex Thomson, who finished the last Vendée Globe in third and who now also has a new generation design and Sébastien Josse on Edmond de Rothschild, stand-out winner of December's Transat St-Barth – Port-la-Forêt.
Other leading French entrants include Barcelona World Race two time winner, Jean-Pierre Dick on his new St Michel-Virbac, while leading the charge on 'conventionally' foiled older generation boats will be PRB's Vincent Riou, winner of the 2004 Vendée Globe, and Queguiner-Leucemie Espoir's Yann Eliès, a three time winner of the ultra-competitive solo offshore race, the Solitaire du Figaro. Another triple Solitaire winner racing is Jérémie Beyou, skipper of Maître CoQ, unique in the fleet for being an older generation boat, retrofitted with new generation foils.
Beyond Alex Thomson, there are three other non-French skippers competing.
The US home crowd will be rooting for Conrad Colman, the half US/half New Zealand skipper of 100% Natural Energy. Colman has spent the last eight years serving his apprenticeship to compete in the Vendée Globe, which has already included two round the world races.
Colman is proud to have his own campaign: "I'm proud to flag the flag for the United States and New Zealand. I went to high school not far away from NYC, so it's great to return to my old stomping grounds. I hope to give local fans a friendly face to cheer for. I think these races have universal appeal and can attract a new American audience."
Coming from furthest away is Japan's Kojiro Shiraishi for whom competing in the Vendée Globe is a 30 year old dream. Of his ability to compete, there is no doubt: the Vendée Globe will be his fourth solo circumnavigation.
The New York – Vendée (Les Sables d'Olonne) Race presented by Currency House and SpaceCode will be Shiraishi's first race in his new boat (ex-Hugo Boss) and the first solo: "It is fantastic. I really love it. It is the newest boat I've ever had – very stable and more powerful," says Shiraishi.
Approaching his campaign from yet another angle is Pieter Heerema. The Dutch businessman is an highly experienced yachtsman who's sailed all his life, in dinghies and keelboats, where he is best known for his successes in the RC44 and Dragon classes.
However his new No Way Back, a powerful, new generation design IMOCA 60, is very different to the one designs he has previously raced. And sailing it solo is even more challenging: All Heerema's previous boats he has raced with crew.
"It is a piece of the puzzle of sailing that I haven't done yet and one of the boxes that I have to tick," says Heerema.
The New York – Vendée (Les Sables d'Olonne) Race presented by Currency House and SpaceCode sets sail at 1100 local time on Sunday May 29th, from a line immediately off Manhattan's North Cove marina. This will be preceded on Friday, May 27th by the Currency House Charity Race.
(Photo: Thierry Martinez)
Entry list for the New York- Vendée (Les Sables d'Olonne)
(14 registered)
- Fabrice Amedeo – NEWREST Matmut (France)
- Jeremie Beyou – MAITRE COQ (France)
- Conrad Colman – 100% NATURAL ENERGY (New Zealand/USA)
- Tanguy de Lamotte – INITIATIVES COEUR (France)
- Jean-Pierre Dick – StMICHEL VIRBAC (France)
- Yann Eliès – QUEGUINER-LEUCEMIE ESPOIR (France)
- Pieter Heerema – NO WAY BACK (Netherlands)
- Sébastien Josse – EDMOND DE ROTHSCHILD (France)
- Morgan Lagravière – SAFRAN (France)
- Armel Le Cléac'h – BANQUE POPULAIRE VIII (France)
- Paul Meilhat – SMA (France)
- Vincent Riou – PRB (France)
- Kojiro Shiraishi – Spirit of Yukoh (Japan)
- Alex Thomson – HUGO BOSS (Great Britain)
Facts and figures
- 1st edition of the New York-Vendée (Les Sables d'Olonne)
- 14 entries
- 3100 nautical miles
- 4th leg of the IMOCA Ocean Masters World Championship
- Start on 29 May at 11.00am EST (16.00 BST)
- Estimated Arrival : from 5 June 2016 in Les Sables d'Olonne
- Official event of the IMOCA Ocean Masters World Championship 2015-2016
- 27 May: Press Conference and Currency House Charity Race on the Hudson River:
- 29 May at 11.00 EST: New York-Vendée (Les Sables d'Olonne) start – on the Hudson River off North Cove Marina.
- Position updates during the race: Every 15 minutes, with a blackout between 23.00 and 04.00 BST
- from 5 June: Arrivals in Les Sables d'Olonne – the Vendée Globe home port
IMOCA Ocean Masters World Championship 2015-2016
- Rolex Fastnet Race (double-handed), Cowes-Plymouth (UK), winners Vincent Riou – Sébastien Col (PRB)
- Transat Jacques Vabre (double-handed), Le Havre (FRA) – Itajaï (BR), winners Vincent Riou – Sébastien Col (PRB)
- Transat Saint-Barth / Port-la-Forêt (FRA) (single-handed), winner Sébastien Josse (Edmond de Rothschild)
- IMOCA Ocean Masters New York – Vendée (Les Sables d'Olonne) (single-handed), Starts on 29 May 2016
- Vendée Globe (single-handed), Starts on 6 November 2016
IMOCA Ocean Masters World Championship Rankings after 3 legs:
- Vincent Riou (PRB) 69 points
- Fabrice Amedeo (Newrest-Matmut) 63 points
- Yann Eliès (Queguiner-Leucémie Espoir) 62 points
- Thomas Ruyant (Le Souffle du Nord) 61 points
- Armel Le Cléac'h (Banque populaire) 57 points
Full Rankings of the IMOCA Ocean Masters World Championship
For further information:
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Instagram: @oceanmasters
- Kerguelens tomorrow for Cheminees Poujoulat
- We Are Water break Cape of Good Hope
- GAES Centros Auditivos stem their losses
Another landmark will be ticked off tomorrow for Barcelona World Race leaders Cheminées Poujoulat when they sail north of the lonely Kerguelen Islands.
Coralled north by the race's Antarctic Exclusion Zone, Bernard Stamm and Jean La Cam will pass 300 miles north of the island archipelago which are in every sense one of the most isolated, lonely spots on planet earth, over 2000 miles from the nearest significantly populated area.
The Kerguelen or Desolation Islands were discoveed 240 years ago by the Breton navigator Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen Trémerec and claimed as French. There are hundreds of small islands but the only inhabitants are between 45 and 100 French scientists, researchers and engineers stationed there.
As such they are important point on the race course, almost exactly half way from the Cape Good Hope to Australia's Cape Leeuwin, 2300 miles from the South African cape, 2100 to Leeuwin. They are in effect equidistant from somewhere but quite literally in the middle of nowhere.
They are also the only possible haven for the race fleets when they are crossing this inhospitable stretch of the Indian Ocean. Indeed, just as Jean LeCam was pleased to have passed the Cape Verde islands where his Barcelona World Race ended prematurely, so co-skipper Stamm will subconsciously be pleased to check off the Kerguelens, passing at good speeds with their IMOCA 60 in good shape and with a lead of more than 270 miles. Stamm lost a previous Cheminées Poujoulat when it was grounded in December 2008 during the solo Vendèe Globe. Ironically fellow Swiss skipper Dominique Wavre was also stopped there with a keel problem.
Stamm was not making his memories obv ious indeed he was on good form today when he summed up the Barcelona World Race so far for himself and co-skipper Jean Le Cam.
" A lot has gone on. But all in all the boat performs well , it goes well. Now we had some small technical problems that don'y exactly make our lives easier even now, but nothing is insurmountable. Apart from a passage a little close to the Azores high where we got light winds we have sailed the course we wanted."
Cheminées Poujoulat is now lined up 275 miles directly in front of second placed Neutrogena, benefiting from more wind which is more consistent than that of the pursuing duo Guillermo Altadill and José Munoz.
The biggest problem on the horizon for the two leading IMOCA 60s is the former tropical cyclone Diamondra which was more of a threat but which looks to be dissipating now after winds peaking at around 55kts. These storms lose their energy quickly when they pass over the colder water. Nonetheless it remains a concern for Cheminées Poujoulat and for Neutrogena and will certainly alter their relatively straightforwards regime in about three days time.
Their passage of the Cape of Good Hope this morning at 1106hrs UTC is the first Great Cape for the Garcia brothers Bruno and Willy on We Are Water. Considering how little preparation time they had prior to the start, and how both were carrying on their day jobs, Bruno as a heart doctor and Willy as a jewellery retailer until days before the start, their success to date is commendable. Indeed of the fleet they are the first genuine 'amateurs' in this race, sailors who make their li ving from outside of the sport.
Anna Corbella and Gérard Marin have meantime stemmed some of their worst losses on GAES Centros Auditivos and have been making double digit boat speeds for much of the day after being badly stuck in a high pressure system, although the light winds are moving east with them. In fact their nearest pursuers, fourth placed Renault Captur are now 416 miles behind when two days ago they were 602 miles astern, but the Spanish duo are now quicker again than Renault Captur'sJorg Riechers and Seb Audigane.
Skippers quotes:
Anna Corbella (ESP) GAES Centros Auditivos:" In fact at the moment we are looking backwards because the meteo we have just now is dangerous for us because the boats in front are gone and the boats in the back are catching us, so at the moment we are looking back. It is our concern. I think after this high pressure we will look forwards again and try to catch some miles again on Neutrogena.
Right now we are going out and have 14kts of wind, downwind sailing now and sailing faster – at 12 kts – in the coming hours we will probably stop again and the wind will got to the front and we are going to have another problem with the high pressure. For the moment the night was not so bad we were sailing slowly but we it was not so bad.
From my side, I don't know what Gerard thinks, it's a different race from last time. I don't know if it is harder. Maybe harder is not the word… but it is a little bit more intense because since the first days we've been sailing with the head of the fleet and we've had more pressure and we've had to sail as fast as possible. And this makes the race more demanding but not harder. For the moment the weather is the same (as the last edition) and we are doing pretty much the same.
To us, particularly in our case, it is hurting us (the exclusion zone) because it really gives us absolutely no choice. With the ice gates we could have gone up and down a bit, and now all we do is go straight along the line of the exclusion zone. I think for other boats it will be different, I guess in every way it is better or worst. That's it. I guess it depends on the case.
Bernard Stamm (SUI) Cheminées Poujopulat: "From the beginning we have been O K, we passed a little close to the high and had light winds but since then we have been able to do what we want with no problems, and we were doing everything we can to go as fast as we can, safely as possible. It has been a good first month."
A month of racing , what conclusions do you draw ?
A lot has gone on. But all in all the boat performs well , it goes well. Now we had some small technical problems that did not make our lives easier even now, but nothing is surmountable . Apart from a passage a little close to the Azores high we have sailed the course we wanted.
The gaps widen
It is more obvious now that GAES are caught by the anticyclone. With Neutrogena , maybe it will be a bit of concertina effect, I do not know. We make our way according to the the wind not really compared to other competitors.
Things are different from solo?
This is much more serene, sleeping much better. It is good proper slee. Frequently you sleep for three or four hours. Very rarely , much more. Evenother things it is much better . The maneuvers are two , the stacking is with two , it is much simpler.
Life with Jean
Normally , there is no problem. It's always easier said before , we are not sphinxes , but for many reasons it has to work. The bottom line is it work for many reasons . Jean said before said that the biggest concern was the ego. If it was one of us that had this ego problem , but this is not the case, we are tools to make the boat go, so it 's going pretty well.
Course to Cape Leeuwin
In front of us on the east coast of Australia , there are two small tropical lows that will come down to us. And our course and strategy will be dicated by how we deal with them. We will have some bad weather, you just have to not push too hard and try and sail in the best, most normal conditions.
The gaps widen
It is more obvious now that GAES are caught by the anticyclone. With Neutrogena , maybe it will be a bit of concertina effect, I do not know. We make our way according to the the wind not really compared to other competitors .
Things are different from solo?
This is much more serene, sleeping much better. It is good proper slee. Frequently you sleep for three or four hours. Very rarely , much more. Evenother things it is much better . The maneuvers are two , the stacking is with two , it is much simpler.
Rankings at 1400hrs UTC Friday 30th January 2015
1. Cheminées Poujoulat (B. Stamm – J. Le Cam) at 15.736,5 miles to the finish
2. Neutrogena (G. Altadill – J. Muñoz) + 272,9 miles to the leader
3. GAES Centros Auditivos (A. Corbella – G. Marín) + 889,8 miles to the leader
4. Renault Captur (J. Riechers – S. Audigane) + 1.305,2 miles to the leader
5. We Are Water (B. Garcia – W. Garcia) + 1.889,4 miles to the leader
6. One Planet, One Ocean & Pharmaton (A. Gelabert – D. Costa) + 2.444,7 miles to the leader
7. Spirit of Hungary (N. Fa – C. Colman) + 2.955,8 miles to the leader
ABD Hugo Boss (A. Thomson – P. Ribes)
As if to underline their billing as pre-race favourites to win, Alex Thomson and Pepe Ribes on Hugo Boss led the eight-strong fleet of IMOCA 60s off the start line of the third edition of the Barcelona World Race, two handed race around the world. The British-Spanish duo made the best of the very light winds, setting up with speed at the gun, to eke out a small lead to the turning mark, 1.5 miles away from the line.
With 23,450 miles to sail, of course the early advantage to the British-Spanish duo might only appear to be psychological and within the first hour of racing they found themselves snared by the combination of very calm winds and wash from the sizeable spectator fleet, and were passed by the Swiss-French pairing Bernard Stamm and Jean Le Cam on Cheminées Poujoulat, but the main objective for all was to ensure they stay in the lead group on what will be a tricky, challenging descent of the Mediterranean to the exit doors at the Straits of Gibraltar.
As per forecast breezes were only very light for the start, 2-6 knots. But the sun shone brightly and brought out huge crowds to the beaches of the Catalan capital. To all intents it felt less like the last day of 2014 in the depths of winter, and more like a day stolen from summer.
The warmth of the sunshine leant an almost surreal air to the emotional scenes as the 16 skippers left the Barcelona World Race dock this morning. They may be heading for some of the most feared stretches of the world's oceans, but there was a welcome serenity as the crowds bid farewell to each of the duos. To those observers and skippers more used to the oppressive atmosphere of other winter race starts, usually contemplating Atlantic storms, it was a pleasant change.
But for all that, emotions bubbled to the surface, tugging hard at the heartstrings. Who could fail to be moved when Alex Thomson and his four-year-old son Oscar shouted 'Good bye' to each other across the widening gap between the pontoon and the departing 60-foot monohull? In their private world it was a beautiful toddler waving his dad off to a day at the office – even if Thomson blinked back a tear behind the Hugo Boss designer shades – but to everyone else it was a harsh reminder of the imminent three months of separation from the son whose illness precluded his participation in the last edition.
Hugo Boss team-mate Pepe Ribes' farewell to Pepe Ribes Jr was no less touching, considering the last time he left on this race his son was only three weeks old. This time GAES Centros Auditivos'Gérard Marin's son is only a few months old.
The biggest cheer of the morning was for Anna Corbella, the only female skipper in the race who became the first Spanish woman to sail around the world when she finished the second edition of the race in April 2011 with Briton Dee Caffari. Corbella and Gérard Marin, both local to Barcelona, have been training for two years with their GAES Centros Auditivos and harbour high hopes of a podium finish.
Their partisan fan club were, predictably, the loudest. Corbella's smile wavered as if to crack but as the docklines came aboard, her game face was fixed and she was immediately in 'race mode'.
When the gun sounded at 1300hrs local time (1200hrs UTC) GAES Centros Auditivos looked to have made the best start along with Hugo Boss and Renault Captur (Jorge Riechers and Sébastien Audigane), but both GAES Centros Auditivos and One Planet One Ocean Pharmaton (Aleix Gelabeirtand Didac Costa) jumped the gun and had to restart.
As well as media, family, friends and team-mates, the dock was dotted with key figures of the race including twice winner Jean-Pierre Dick, who saw off the eight boats, and Race Director Jacques Caraës, who helped many teams slip their lines. FNOB president Maite Fandos, the depute mayor of Barcelona; IMOCA President Jean Kehroas; Peter Bayer, General Manager of Open Sports Management, and the President of the Spanish Sailing Federation José Ángel Rodríguez, all joined the farewell.
Meanwhile the city of Barcelona delivered a 'tapas menu' of live performance featuring wind instruments, spraying water, seashells, and performance artists by the Fura dels Baus as a fitting show as the Mayor of Barcelona Xavier Trias lowered a flag on the La Dona of Mil·leni sculpture to signify the start of the race.
Winds might only have been light at the start but the skippers know the pressure is absolutely on from the start. The race start sat between two wind zones. To the east the brisk NE'ly Tramontana is a strong lure, to sail more miles to reach this corridor of breeze does represent the high risk option but with potentially the biggest reward. A fast passage to the Balearics would allow the leader(s) to hold on to this wind longest. Conversely, this breeze will fade first, potentially leaving any gamblers on this flank downwind in very gentle winds. The alternative is to sail the direct, rhumb line – or to the west of it – and wait until the NE'ly has strengthened all the way to the Spanish coast.
The overall balance between the options remained unclear. For sure there is a 'rich get richer' scenario for anyone who breaks through the Strait of Gibraltar first, breaching the brisk, favourable trade winds first for quick train ride south. But the greater likelihood is of a period of very light winds in the busy gateway between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean.
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See the Barcelona World Race Leaderboard, Tracking, Weather Guide, TV schedule and much more athttp://www.barcelonaworldrace.org/en/race-live. Tracker positions are updated at 0500, 0900, 1400 and 1900hrs (UTC). http://barcelonaworldrace.geovoile.org/2015/
Ranking at 14:00 UTC December 31, 2014:
1 Cheminées Poujoulat (B Stamm – J Le Cam) 23 448.3 miles from the finish
2 GAES Centros Auditivos (A Corbella – G Marino) 0.3 miles to leader
3 Renault Captur (J Riechers – S Audigane) 0.6 miles to leader
4 Hugo Boss (A Thomson – Ribes P) 0.7 miles to leader
5 Neutrogena (G Altadill – Muñoz J) 1.2 miles to leader
6 We Are Water (B Garcia – Garcia W) 1.2 miles to leader
7 One Planet One Ocean & Pharmaton (A Gelabert – Costa D) 1.2 miles to leader
8 Spirit of Hungary (N F – C Colman) 1.3 miles to leader
Skippers' quotes:
Guillermo Altadill (ESP), Neutrogena:
"The last GRIB files are showing a little bit variable conditions that are quite tricky. It's going to be quite open to the Straits – you could go inshore, offshore, so I think it's going to be quite tricky and very open for all the fleet. We hope to be at Gibraltar ahead, but it's not very relevant in one race that's 25000 miles to be ahead 10 miles at Gibraltar, it makes you feel better but it's not very important.
"You make your own pressure, but it's going to be pressure for everybody because everybody is going to push the boat and be the first one out to Gibraltar, but for us it's about holding onto the fleet and to be with the fleet the first part of the race."
"I've probably [raced to Gibraltar] 20 or 25 times. The Med is very unpredictable, so the more you know and the more you race here… you get more confused!"
Nandor Far (HUN), Spirit of Hungary:
"I'm quite relaxed. We did our best to be finished, to be 100 per cent prepared, but you never know. The boat is a very complicated piece so there is always something which is going wrong. Right now I feel the boat is well prepared.
"We are concentrating on the wind and the proper sail choice, and going out in a safe good way, that's all. It will be nice to have time to think about everything. If we want to be in a good place we have to make good progress, but I'm not worried really."
Anna Corbella (ESP), GAES Centros Auditivos:
"I'm feeling excited and happy. I want to get going! The weather is OK, it's nice. It's easy – in terms of physically, so it's not going to be a lot of sail changes, I think it's nice downwind to Gibraltar. Probably at some point it's not [going to be] easy, but I think what is important is to be at Gibraltar in a good position, and to go out in a good position."
Alex Thomson (GBR), Hugo Boss:
"I think the first 5-6 hours there probably won't be very much wind, and then after that we should see some breeze, some fairly good breeze hopefully. Then the breeze will run out, but whether we get to Gibraltar or not I don't know.
"I think for all of us the routing shows that the people at the front will gain and the people at the back will lose – so all the pressure is to be at the front of the pack and not to not lose too much is important. We feel fortunate that we've got a boat that can probably catch everybody up if we need to catch everybody up, but we don't really want to be in that position really!
"As a team we feel very confident. We've put in a lot of work and a lot of prep. These last moments are always a bit heartfelt because of the family and leaving them behind for three months. I think it's not something you would want to get used to, because if you got used to it then it would maybe mean you don't care as much as you do."
Barcelona World Race: at 48 hours before the start skippers show their game faces at final press conference
The 16 skippers, eight duos, who are set to take on the 2014-2015 Barcelona World Race gathered to face the media at today's busy official press conference, the last official gathering of all the teams before the race start on 31st December, now less than 48 hours away.
The conference was opened by Jean Kerhoas, IMOCA Class President, who introduced the UNESCO marine research and education programmes which are essential to this edition of the race, innovating by integrating the round the world competition with an ambitious scientific research programme and a global, openly available further education programme.
He was followed by Race Director Jacques Caräes who explained the starting procedure, which will see the eight IMOCA 60s start at 1300hrs, heading north-easterly along the Barcelona beachfront, before rounding the North Buoy turning mark and heading for Gibraltar and the Atlantic.
But all attention was focused on the 16 sailors gathered on stage. As ever body language and attitude spoke louder and more comprehensively than the words they uttered. Some, like veteran Jean Le Cam (Cheminees Poujoulat), appearing like it was just another work day at the office, relaxed and enjoying the build-up to his second Barcelona World Race. When asked about his final preparations, Le Cam joked that he was going to be mostly eating for the next two days. Guillermo Altadill (Neutrogena), approaching his seventh global circumnavigation, also played to the gallery:
"I live in a small village 90 kilometers from Barcelona. And I realised that I had left the lights on.. So my plan for the next two days, will be to go back tomorrow and put them out!" But for all his humour, fiery Catalan Altadill knows he has been given a gilt edged chance of winning the race which starts and finishes on the waters where he first learned to sail, an opportunity of a victory which would rank him as the first Spaniard to win a major IMOCA race, the same as it would be for Pepe Ribes who grew up in Benissa beside Calpe, 75 kilometres down the race track.
Hugo Boss and Neutrogena by George Bekris
While the two Hungarian skippers, Nandor Fa and Marcell Goszleth (Spirit of Hungary), are in the middle of the Atlantic after a short stop which delayed them in Gibraltar (they should still arrive in New York around May 29 according to the latest routing) , preparations are being finalised for the four IMOCA 60s moored in the docks of "Newport Shipyard." Whilst Gaes Centros Auditivos, Neutrogena and Safran seem to be ready two days before the Prologue Race that will take them to New York, there is still some work to be done on board of Hugo Boss, following their dismasting after 11 days of sailing, just 400 miles from Newport … but nothing that will prevent them from competing in the main race!
" In the middle of the night we broke the mast above the second spreader but luckily we did not do much damage to the sails, that allowed us the next morning to set up a jury rig, with 3 reefs in the mainsail and a small sail at the front. We managed to reach Newport in just four days after the damage occurred," recalls Ryan Breymaier who is replacing Alex Thomson as co-Skipper . Alex's wife will give birth to their second child during the IMOCA Ocean Masters New York to Barcelona Race.
"Fortunately, the fact that we were in Newport to carry out the repairs was a real advantage because Newport Shipyard is used to dealing with such large boats. It is the ideal place to arrive with a broken mast as they have all the necessary skills! We took the mast out the same day as we arrived and found all the skills we needed by the next day. The only thing that slowed us down a bit was having to wait for the delivery of a vital piece – a broken piece of carbon cable at the second spreader , and that had to come from Sri Lanka. It should arrive tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Apart from that, everything is ready to re-step the mast. Things will go quickly now, and although we will miss the prologue race, we will be ready for the start from New York, and we should re-join the fleet on the 27th of May, "concludes Ryan.
For Neutrogena, the trip was also a challenging one on the IMOCA 60 skippered by Spaniard Guillermo Altadill and the Chilean Jose Munoz but they avoided any technical issues. "Even though we crossed in very difficult conditions, with winds up to 55 knots, we looked after the boat, so as not to force anything and ultimately we did not break anything. We have a few matters to finish for the final preparations, mainly those which we did not have the time to deal with since the end of boat modification time back in March," explained Spanish racing legend Guillermo Altadill, whilst he also praised the effectiveness of his shore team.
For Safran, the delivery trip also went well, actually really well according to the long time skipper Marc Guillemot. "It surpassed our expectations as we thought we would have to do more upwind sailing. We expected 80% of the trip would be into the wind but our decision to change our routing a bit more towards the south allowed us to do 80% of the trip with the wind behind us! We gained a whole day and a half by doing that, making the trip in only 11 days. And all that with a great atmosphere onboard. And it was the first transatlantic crossing for Morgan which allowed me to see how we would work together for the double-handed race from New York to Barcelona," explained Marc.
The ones who probably had the easiest trip were Anna Corbella and Gerard Marin. Onboard 'Gaes Centros Auditivos', they enjoyed relatively mild weather. "Even if we had to cross three weather fronts, they were not very strong and we we managed to navigate safely and to get to Newport with a small list of jobs. So now we just have to tweak a few things. Even the food is ready! We loaded the entire food supplies before leaving Barcelona so now we just have to add in some fresh produce. This allows us now to focus on the weather, the sailing instructions, the routing and details around the areas of departure and arrival for the prologue between Newport and New York," said Anna within 48 hours to go before the initial prologue event starts which will see the fleet reaching New York – the City of departure.
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Most of the time she is a sweet, bubbly and very happy little girl. She has good manners, seems genuinely concerned if she sees someone sad or hurt - an absolute angel in public.
But if she does something wrong or is told she can't do something she turns into a completely different 2.5 year old.
Now I am stubborn and so is DP, I figured she was going to be a bit of a handful but this is just too much.
An example: she hit one of the child care workers today, it is a problem we have been working on for a while and she is getting better. When we got home she wanted to watch Pepper Pig. I told her no because of what she did today and she lost it.
I sent her to the naughty corner and told her to stay there until she calmed down. Most kids will carry of for awhile and calm down. Not DD she will not let things go, after an hour and a half and no listening to reason, talking, begging, pleading I ended up taking her for a shower, she eventually calmed down but I was a wreck.
This is usually what happens just different beginnings and I don't know what to do? I can't handle the hitting, screaming, jumping up and down, hysterics anymore
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When she is in one of her stubborn tantrums I look at her face and think how the hell am I going to control her as she gets older? I am so scared she is going to grow up into a really stubborn aggressive girl who we can't handle even though we are doing everything we possible can.
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