Race 13 - Day 15
Crew Diary - Crew Diary: Race 13
17 July

Race 12 Circumnavigator Club

Andrew – Coach

Dianne – Scholar

Jessica – Executive

Lorenzo – Passionate Youth

Mark – Chemist

Ran – Public Relations

Tom – Veteran

We came together as people from different backgrounds (coach, scholar, executive, passionate youth, chemist, public relations, veteran) on this adventure.

This is how society saw us and how we saw each other. As this adventure developed outside of societal constraints, souls were bared, experiences shared and connections made and we all changed. We grew as sailors, friends and finally as family. As one does with family, we have come together, fought, cried and laughed together.

In ode to “The Breakfast Club by John Hughes” we feel similar to them in the closing letter – society sees us as they want to see us … in simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. We have found that we are all a coach, a scholar, an executive, a passionate youth, a chemist, a public relations, and a veteran.

Sincerely yours, the Circumnavigator Club.

As we come to an end in 24 days, we will always be family. Some estranged, others will be close, and some will be like that cousin you only see at weddings, funerals and family reunions.

Though as special as this moment is for us circumnavigators, it is the whole family of CV29 that has made this adventure great!

In my opinion, we have won this “Race of our lives”!

We won’t podium at the end in Portsmouth, but the amount of leggers that continue to follow and send support, also to take time to catch up at later stops and those planning on coming to Oban and Portsmouth shows how solid this family is! They come not for the glory of the podium, but for the comradery of our team. Thanks to he culture Mike Miller and Lottie Wade have instilled in us and the way every team member approached this adventure!

We are and always will be CV29

PSP Logistics (CV Desperados)

ON ON PSP!!

Mark Hagan - RTW