GUNVØR XL - World ARC Village

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GUNVØR XL - Log Dec 11th - The Nostalgia of Arrival

The Nostalgia of Arrival It has been one week since our arrival here in St Lucia and only now are we relaxed and into the Caribbean spirit. But we also have a sense of bittersweet nostalgia as our crew has sadly departed. We have witnessed some indifferent or even tense departures of crews from other ARC boats after an obviously unhappy crossing, but on Gunvør, we were all a bit choked up yesterday when the taxi arrived to carry off our Danish crew to the airport. The crossing was tough, we really pushed the boat, hand-steering and ripping our 5 coloured sails several times each – but we were united in our ambition and had so many fantastic and funny moments – the Danes’ healthy sense of the ridiculous and their love of celebrating any sort of milestone. read more...

GUNVØR XL - 29.11.2011 Under her Spell GUNVØR XL

Under her SpellI am not the mistress of our yacht Gunvør. Yes, it is registered in my name and under my flag, but the boat and its crew are slaves to another force, and that is the damn spinnaker. Or rather spinnakers. I do not like flying a spinnaker, I suspect many women sailors would agree with me. The spinnaker sail is exactly like a high-maintenance mistress: wilful, tempestuous, demanding of constant attention, and of course, very costly. All the (male) crew are beguiled by “her”, they can't take their eyes off of her, they coddle her, they sooth her tantrums, they suffer her melt-downs. When she falls apart, she is lovingly packed off for a rejuvenation cure. I am rather fed up with it. What about the good old genoa, always true. Or the new Code 2, which has. read more...

GUNVØR XL - Gunvør XL Log Nov 18th 2011 - The Food Addict

The Food Addict Karsten and I are living parallel lives here in Gran Canaria. When we stroll through the harbour hand-in-hand, ostensibly enjoying the atmosphere, he’ll say “stop thinking about your butter supply” and I’ll answer “stop puzzling over your compressor”. Yes, he is obsessing about the fine details of all his gadgets, while I am obsessing about the food supplies. I have to admit, his concerns are more important: at this point I have probably provisioned enough for a non-stop circumnavigation of the globe - we are definitely not going to starve over the Atlantic. It all started with Karsten, though. I have provisioned lots of delivery trips for his German & Danish crews and lots of long-distance Baltic Sprint Cup Races: like many provisioners, I have my tried & tested menu. read more...