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Staying focused on the goal
CAMPER skipper Chris Nicholson blogs from Lisbon Hi all, With two legs and three In-Port races remaining, there’s...
A brutal result
CAMPER skipper Chris Nicholson blogs from Lisbon Hi all, Well Leg 7 is behind us and about the only word I can...
Interesting times ahead
CAMPER skipper Chris Nicholson blogs from Miami Hi all, Well as we get back into things and begin to focus on Leg 7...
A good result and a tight race
CAMPER skipper Chris Nicholson blogs from Miami Hi all, It is 24 hours since we arrived in Miami and with the boat...
CAMPER’s island tour
Chris Nicholson blogs from on board CAMPER Hi all It’s now Day Fourteen of Leg Six and as I predicted in my last...
Pushing hard in a tight race
CAMPER skipper Chris ‘Nico’ Nicholson blogs from on board CAMPER Hi all It’s now day seven of Leg Six...
Chomping at the bit to get back racing
CAMPER skipper Chris Nicholson blogs from Itajai Hi all Here we are in Itajai on the eve of the in-port race and 48...
Nico’s Blog : A Malacca mistake and a big leg looming
Hi all Well here we are in Sanya after a leg that was incredibly tough both mentally and physically. I think I’m going to...
More work needed and Leg 3 is the chance
Hi all Part A of Leg 3 is now a few days behind us and CAMPER is currently in transit on a ship bound for a secret safehaven...
Nico’s Blog: Back at work and back into things
Hi all Well after a few days rest following the end of leg two the sailing team is back at work and straight into reviewing...
Nico’s Blog: a steady improvement
Hi all Stage one of leg 2 is now behind us and in a just a few days we will be completing the leg with a final short sprint...
Nico’s Blog: A tough week at the office
Hi all What a tough first week back at the office! Seven days in and leg two has delivered some of the most intense and...
Nico’s Blog: the lessons of leg one
Hi all Last week I spent some time reflecting on leg one and what went right and what went wrong for CAMPER. I thought it...
Nico’s blog: rigging reflections
Hi all There’s been a bit of speculation and comment about what happened to our rig on the final approach to Cape Town at...
Nico’s Blog: One error and 6000 miles to reflect
Hi all Well after three weeks of hard slog and 6500 miles here we are in Cape Town the”‘tavern of the seas”....




