The crew celebrate finishing the Jules
Large seas in the Roaring Forties from
Verne and setting a new record
on boat Cheyene/Playstation
A picture that give an impression of just how large Playstation is. Pic by DPPI An ocean somewhere in the world!
to allow the American Fossett and his value placed on the boat, the $1 Million
crew to make a claim to the record. incentive was transferred by HSBC
Steve simply wouldn’t pay it! He paid on 24th December 2004 at 4 p.m. By
for ratifiers at the two light houses January 1st, the boat was en route
on Ushant and on completion of the to Antwerp to become deck cargo
record declared that he had achieved on a ship to Dubai. Despite a special
everything he wanted to in sailing and dispensation to be late, a total of 25
the boat went up for sale. people were enlisted to help prepare
The rush to get Cheyenne ready for the
the boat in time and with the only hotels
Oryx Cup
Then along came the Qatar Cup and available in Qatar being five star, this
the announcement by Tracey Edwards amounted to a whopping $19,800 for a
that she had been given $36 million to mere four nights accommodation.
run a race. Tracey Edwards and the cup
organizers levied a huge incentive to Next issue: More reflections on the
have Cheyenne enter. After a full survey, Playstation era, what Cheyene was
where Steve was very pleased with the going to do next and how she is now
When the cap shroud rig terminal
Broken cap shroud that took Cheyenne
broke, the boat and her crew were 200
out of the Oryx Cup
miles West of the Falkland Islands. The
Argentinean Navy towed the boat into
the frontier town of Puerto Deseado, as
a humanitarian gesture towards stricken
sailors. Unfortunately for the crew, a
higher bonus was at stake on simply
finishing the race rather than winning
it. For Steve, losing the rig was not a
The crew soon get lost on such a
large boat
huge matter, as he already had the
submarine project in mind...
The resulting carnage
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