Seasickness in slow Bali Rally

9:38 PM Sun 24 Apr 2011 GMT

'The Schionning cat Ice Cube prior to yesterday's start. - Visit Indonesia Fremantle Bali 2011' Bernie Kaaks Click Here to view large photo

A heavy Indian Ocean swell combined with light winds are not the most comfortable combination, particularly at night, so it was no surprise that on the first night at sea, several yachts reported crew members with seasickness. The fleet leader, Rod Mulcahy's Beneteau First 44.7 Slipstream, passed Jurien about 24 hours after yesterday's start, and may have been thinking that in his last Geraldton Race in the same boat, they had traveled nearly twice the distance in the same time. Kevin James-New's big cat Ice Cube had a torrid time in the early headwinds, but ...

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