Team Geared Up

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND (Team Geared Up) - When you are packing a bag for an extended outdoor trip what is one of the main things you remember to bring? A flashlight. And when does that flashlight suddenly run out of juice? Exactly when you need it most! So how would you like to have a flashlight that [...] Read More »

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - TGU Alumni blogger Darran reports that Irishman, Damian Foxall and his French team mate Jean-Pierre Dick will sail into Barcelona tonight in the Paprec-Virbac 2 winning the 1st ever Barcelona World Race. The Barcelona World Race is a new two-handed, non-stop round the w[...] Read More »

SINGAPORE - The Piton posted it so I stole their title, they got it right in one go “47.2 knots of pure awesome-ness”. This video is of The French Hydroptère when it broke a world record for the fastest sailing speed (not including icesailing) when they hit 47.2 knots. Unreal. I lov[...] Read More »

6 Hikers, 2 Divers, 1 Yachtmans Dead. DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - I have just returned from camping on a wind battered Aran Islands out in the Atlantic and I read Aisling’s Wicklow Round got called off. Maybe just as well too, RTE News are reporting that 23 have been killed in the same[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - This crazy story is on the Reuters wire…. SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian rescuers were on Friday trying to solve the “Mary Celeste” style mystery of a yacht found floating off the coast with its engine running, food on its table ready to eat, but no cre[...] Read More »

Yachts are currently off Northern Ireland. They have ~200 miles to the finish, and all are doing 200+ miles over each 24hr run so we can expect them back in Howth circa Wednesday afternoon at a guess. Click for larger view of Dolphins off Samsung’s stern yesterday. [...] Read More »

Ireland Challenge 2006 - Race Viewer shows that Spirt of Sark is in the lead by 4 miles! The fleet is currently on a run with aft winds off Co. Clare. [...] Read More »

The Ireland Challenge 2006 Race Viewer shows that ‘Spirit of Sark’ is in the lead at 0700hrs this morning and the boats had rounded Wexford. I’d imagine they are around Cork/Fastnet right now. ‘Spirit of Sark’ by Geared Up [...] Read More »