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26 Jun 14:47
Onboard Ericsson 3, June 26, 2009, 1535 GMT – Leg 10
Today “Life at the extreme” got yet another meaning. We are getting closer to the finish and it’s not the weather, wind, waves nor speeds that are extreme. Not even the environment surrounding us is something I would raise my eyebrows for. But a look in the sea chart does … It even makes me nervous. Not the least after I heard about our navigator, Aksel Magdahl’s experiences from the area.
It is warning signs with “MINEFIELD!” Well, well, that’s probably some old information. The mines should be gone and cleared out by now, someone said. Well, it’s not quite like that.
“When I was sailing to St. Petersburg with the 60-foot trimarans in the Oops Cup 2006, we were very close to sail straight into a big mine. We were jibing and saw the mine just when the maneuver was over and with very little distance we managed to not hit it,” Aksel says.
We are now in the same area, and Aksel just went up on deck to tell the guys to keep an extra eye open for strange objects in the water.
Gustav
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