The Tall Ships Race 2004

in association with sail training international 2004-07-01 - 2004-08-15

From Antwerp, Belgium to Stavanger, Norway (via the middle of the North Sea and Aalborg, Denmark), with only the odd bout of insanity to detract from the sailing Ocean Scout beat the other college team squarely, logging almost 2000 miles before being declared dead on average. 10 bouts of seasickness, innumerable headsail changes, countless incomparable meals, fourteen trips up the mast, several items of stolen memorabilia, some terrible songs, various instances of terrible outfits and one minibus crash later we were back on home soil and thoroughly exhausted.

From a selection event of more, 12 of us were chosen to form the crew, and after a 24 hour fundraising event (which left us just as exhausted) along with a hefty donation from delaRue (for which we are thankful) it took us 2 days, 16 hours, 48 minutes and 38 seconds to cross the finish line, under the constant watchful eye of our skipper and maths teacher. A further week was spent sailing around Scandinavia attacking all those who dared to cross us with a novelty sized catapult, visiting various locations (nearly vomiting learning the price of beer in Denmark) and swapping random crew members along the way.

The video, originally edited on an analogue tape deck, has finally been updated (after literally hundreds of hours of editing and several fairly major computer crashes) and will be found here as soon as it is retrieved from the correct hard drive

This website has now been moved thrice, so the chance of dead links are high. If you find any, please let me know.

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