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Where's George?
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Follow the worldwide adventures of our RNLI bear, George. His journey starts with Alex Thomson onboard Hugo Boss in the Velux 5 Oceans race.
- Added on: Jan 21st, 2007
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Listed in: Sailing
- Tags: africa europe united kingdom southern ocean south atlantic
Recent Posts
No rest for George. Time for the OSTAR
Offshore George managed to take a well earned break after finishing the Vendee Globe with Brian Thompson. He gets itchy feet quickly though and has teamed up with his long time friend Hannah White to keep her company onboard Pure Solo in the OSTAR. ...
George and Brian back on dry land
At 0830hrs on Monday 16 February, Offshore George and a jubilant Brian Thompson crossed the finish line of the 2008/09 Vendee Globe with a total journey time of 98 days, 20h, 29m,55s. Brian (with the help of his trusty RNLI bear) raced the IMOCA Open...
New Pics as George and Brian pass Cape Horn
Hello there! Here are some shots of George in strong winds, taking us towards the Horn. He is doing a very professional job, no complaining, just gets on with any task he is given! Look forward to talking soon! Brian George and brian are currently ...
Happy Christmas from George and Brian
Another incredible action filled day on Bahrain Team Pindar. After the repairs had been finished at dawn yesterday, I slowly started sailing and the boat was going fine, ahead of the cold front in 40-50 knots of wind and the repair was holding. Th...
Repairs finished….fingers crossed
Worked all night last night to get the repair finished, building additions to the beam going forwards with more floorboards and a final lamination of carbon cloth and epoxy resin. This will hold the tank lid down to the repaired longitudinal to creat...
Mid ocean pit stop
The repair that I did yesterday with carbon laminate on to the broken longitudinal bulkheads, did not hold because of the very slight movement of the boat, even going as gently as possible. This did not allow the glue to set properly on one side of t...
