08/06/2023
Trying to Sleep in a Washing Machine! Team Malizia - The Ocean Race
Trying to Sleep in a Washing Machine - Day 16 - Leg 4 - The Ocean Race
New video from onboard Malizia - Seaexplorer showing the life onboard during the storm: Will Harris trying to sleep, Rosie & Nico changing sails on the deck ...
13/04/2023
Sleeping on board the IMOCA way!
It IS NOT very comfortable: SLEEP | Basic Guide to an IMOCA
Sleeping on an IMOCA is not like sleeping in a 5️⃣⭐️ hotel... ’t forget to subscribe for more The Ocean Race: https://goo.gl/BzBCwUCheck out o...
28/03/2023
A great piece from The Ocean Race. Niall Myant-Best investigates how to sleep, how to eat, what clothes to wear and how to survive one of the toughest physical and psychological tests on the planet!
How to Survive Life in the Southern Ocean | The Ocean Race
Explore life at the extreme with some of the stars of The Ocean Race. Niall Myant-Best investigates how to sleep, how to eat, what clothes to wear and how to...
10/02/2023
The Holcim-PRB skipper says he and his fellow sailors on board – Sam Goodchild, Tom Laperche, Susann Beucke and OBR Georgia Schofield – are ready for their first taste of the Southern Ocean. “We don’t have the heaviest wet weather gear, but we’ve got the sleeping bags, we’ve got gloves, we’ve got hats, so it should be OK and we have plenty to eat, even though the leg is longer than expected,” he said.
“So everything is OK on board,” he continued. “It will be a bit colder than expected, but I think it will definitely be a great practice before leg three and the huge southern leg of the race.”
Hurry up to slow down
The leaders are pushing hard to make miles towards Cape Town, but they are sailing towards a black hole of light winds that may yet have a final say...
10/02/2023
VOR Sleeping Bag in action ...
Day 14 - Leg 2 - The Ocean Race - Noisy Boat
Morning action video from onboard Malizia - Seaexplorer on Day 14 of Leg 2 of The Ocean Race showing Rosalin Kuiper sleeping and Will Harris in a very noisy environment. 08/02/23 (c) Antoine Auriol
27/04/2019
Neil Stafford: "The most important thing is that it is waterproof"
Race 3 Day 9: Cape Town to Fremantle | Crew Diary
Race 3 Day 9: Cape Town to Fremantle
28/02/2018
Bianca reports from Turn the Tide on Plactics. "Getting out of the warm sleeping bag to face the fire hose for 4 hours was a tough one ....." read more here:
Bianca reports on leg three: VOR 2017/2018
WHERE IN THE WORLD: Cape Town to Melbourne Merry belated Christmas everyone and hello from Melbourne. Image Credit: Volvo Ocean Race / Jeremie Lecaudey
28/02/2018
Jack Bouttell reports on exactly how extreeme life on board Dongfeng Volvo Ocean Race boat can be. "Being in your bunk in those conditions is the only good place to be ...tucked up inside my sleeping bag ..." if only for a few minutes
From one extreme to the other - Yachts and Yachting
From onboard the Dongfeng Volvo Ocean 65, Jack Bouttell reports for Yachts & Yachting with his semi-regular blog series. December 12th I found myself on the pontoon about to leave for another leg of the Volvo Ocean Race. However, this one had a slightly different feel as we were heading into the Sou...
28/02/2018
Claustrophobic feet? A nice review from Sandra here ..
Thoughts on kit - Sandra Squire
Clipper send us a very comprehensive kit list for training, but then add that they don’t recommend purchasing any expensive items until after Level 1 when you can get advice from your Skipper and Mate. Which is great, just as … Continued
03/07/2016
"Excuse me are you doing the Clipper Race?" ... and unexpected encounter
Posts about Ocean Sleepwear on Rebecca Does Clipper
Posts about Ocean Sleepwear written by rebjo1
08/03/2016
BBC Children in Need by The One Show Team: www.facebook.com/volvooceanrace
18/02/2015
A little plug for West Engineering who have been supplying pipe cots to racing yachts since 2000. With a range of Pipe Cot and Bunk options including the light yet reliable Carbon & Aluminium 'race model'.
http://www.westengineeringltd.co.uk/bunks.aspx