tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71555971826277157662011-06-08T07:42:51.282+01:00ONDECK Sailingnoreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7155597182627715766.post-81812789804182827602007-10-05T20:49:00.000+01:002007-10-05T20:51:53.891+01:00<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/ondecksailing/DianaAtlanticMeetingRace/photo#5117909672039912498"><img src="http://lh3.google.com/ondecksailing/RwZ3uxp5lDI/AAAAAAAAF4w/UBFG_xjc0xo/s288/Diana%20Atlantic%20Meeting%20race%20129.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Hello from Diana<br /><br />We arrived in Lisbon this afternoon in glorious sunshine.<br /><br />Just lost out to Minerva in a race to the line but we're all off the celebrate our arrival now.<br /><br />Bye to everyone<br /><br />Diana and her crew.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7155597182627715766-8181278980418282760?l=diana-amr07.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ONDECK Sailingnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7155597182627715766.post-72164134013880301392007-10-04T19:16:00.000+01:002007-10-05T09:18:13.781+01:00Sailing pretty well although wind is coming from where we wan't to go!<br /><br />Juno and Minerva are steadily catching up with us.<br /><br />Things are going fairly sound starting to be though everyone is smelling a little.<br /><br />Looking forward to a full nights sleep and a shower!<br /><br />best wishesWill<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7155597182627715766-7216413401388030139?l=diana-amr07.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ONDECK Sailingnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7155597182627715766.post-4323148380565634332007-10-02T16:15:00.000+01:002007-10-02T16:16:52.020+01:00The sun is out the shorts are on bring on Lisbon. <br /><br />Everyone is well and the boat is trucking along with the medium spinniker up and life is good.<br /><br />Crew of Spirit Of Diana<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7155597182627715766-432314838056563433?l=diana-amr07.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ONDECK Sailingnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7155597182627715766.post-81357116616443468672007-10-01T08:36:00.000+01:002007-10-01T09:10:36.610+01:00Hi everyone,<br /><br />It's been a really frustrating few days just trying to keep the boat moving in Very changeable conditions but all our hard work seems to be paying off. <br /><br />We have been able to maintain about 4kts of boat speed for the last 10 hours with some very careful trimming. <br /><br />Steve, the skipper, is working us hard but what ever gets us to Lisbon quicker is fine by us. <br /><br />No one got much sleep last night with a couple of spinni gybes one spinni peal and 2 headsail changes so we are hoping to catch up on our sleep during the day today.<br /><br />the crew of<br />Spirit of Diana<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7155597182627715766-8135711661644346867?l=diana-amr07.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ONDECK Sailingnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7155597182627715766.post-13994194426599272662007-09-30T00:40:00.000+01:002007-09-30T17:41:28.001+01:00<table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/ondecksailing/ONDECKAtlanticMeetingRaceTheStart/photo#5116026294520876882"><img src="http://lh4.google.co.uk/ondecksailing/Rv_Gzxp5j1I/AAAAAAAAFjI/UwX8FF_SSug/s400/Diana%20heading%20over%20the%20start%20line.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/ondecksailing/ONDECKAtlanticMeetingRaceTheStart">ONDECK Atlant...</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p>After a slow start and a drift to <em>The Needles</em> (we went out facing the wrong way) the wind seemed to be picking up but to our dismay after 2 hours of constant breeze it droped down to 4 knots again.<br /><br />However, crew moral is high and everyone is looking forward to getting some sleep.<br /><br />Spirit of Diana<br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7155597182627715766-1399419442659927266?l=diana-amr07.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ONDECK Sailingnoreply@blogger.com1