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Charlie @chari.es · 26/06/2026

Returning to Mallorca, Nearly 10 years ago now. Malta to Mallorca. 📍 Mediterranean Sea #GrainSocial grain.social/profile/did:plc:5r5dpg…

A picture showing the foredeck of a sailing yacht, the left side is obscured by a yellow kevlar sail with the sun behind it, the right side shows deep blue sea and above that evening sky dotted with some clouds.

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Charlie @chari.es · 25/06/2026

me when the outside temperature finally drops below the inside temperature

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Charlie @chari.es · 25/01/2026

And they’ve done it! Sodebo have set a new round the world record, sailing 28,315nm at an average speed of 27.17kn in 40 days, 10 hours, 45 minutes and 50 seconds. #Sailing #TropheeJulesVerne

A picture of a large sailing trimaran, looking forward from the port aft quarter. The trimaran is green, white and black. It is foiling, with the port hull completely out of the water.

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Charlie @chari.es · 24/01/2026

A little over 500nm to go for Sodebo, a 26kn 4-hour average which - if they keep it up - will have them finishing in around 20 hours. Doesn’t look like we will get the record below 40 days, but still an incredible achievement if they make it. The sea state they’re dealing with is horrible.

A screenshot of an online tracker showing two trimarans - one in yellow to the west of Finisterre in Spain, one in red to the south east of Sao Miguel in the Azores. The sea is coloured red and orange denoting a high sea state. The vessels are heading towards île d’Ouessant in France.

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Charlie @chari.es · 20/01/2026

US legislators posting their concerns about international law being broken and increasingly aggressive rhetoric towards allies:

The guy in a hotdog costume saying “we’re all trying to find the guy who can stop this”

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Charlie @chari.es · 20/01/2026

New Lanzarote to Antigua race record set by Baltic 111 Raven in this year’s RORC Transat. Record now sits at a little over 6 days 22 hours. Great first official race from the team, and proving the AC-style foiling concept can work offshore.

An image from the starboard bow of a large sailing yacht, looking aft. A large sail is flying from the bow spirit, with a staysail/small jib flying from a tack point further aft. There is one large ‘T’ shaped foil lifted to 90° off the starboard side and the bow is lifting from the water.

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Charlie @chari.es · 11/01/2026

Sodebo passed Cape Horn after 26 days, 4 hours and 46 minutes around 11 hours ahead of IDEC’s 2017 record. The picture in the South Atlantic doesn’t look too stable right now, so the passage back north might not be easy.

Seven men in red sailing waterproofs are stood on the trampoline between two hulls on a large sailing trimaran. One of them is holding a board that reads “Record Ouessant - Cap Horn”, in the background Cape Horn can be seen.

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Charlie @chari.es · 09/01/2026

when Fiona turned her board around #TheTraitors

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Charlie @chari.es · 07/09/2025

Surely the right to innocent passage under UNCLOS?

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Charlie @chari.es · 25/08/2025

Went sailing for the first time in ages yesterday and it was bloody delightful

A picture taken from a sailing boat, looking forward at the mast and spinnaker, over a wooden deck and out to sea.

A picture taken from a sailing boat, looking forward at the mast and spinnaker, over a wooden deck and out to sea, with land ahead.

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Charlie @chari.es · 19/08/2025

Seven years ago in Sicily prepping for the Palermo to Monte Carlo race. Wild race, so many frustrations, but a really decent team. I miss racing offshore.

A picture from the top of a mast looking down on a trimaran, the centre hull and beams are white and the outer hulls are red. The yacht is alongside a pontoon, and the water is a deep blue.

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Charlie @chari.es · 17/07/2025

I don’t know how society hasn’t evolved past the need for estate agents. This listing has no floor plan, but they’ve created this absolute abomination?

An image generated from 3D images of rooms in a house, arranged to attempt to show the floor plan but instead just looking like some sort of interpretative art

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Charlie @chari.es · 17/05/2025

after a day or so of staring blankly at a formula for evaporation, I think I’ve managed to create a @home-assistant.io sensor to tell me how long it will take for laundry to dry outside

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Charlie @chari.es · 15/04/2025

The vet told this little guy his weight is “above ideal” today, and he’s not best pleased.

A grey cat, with ungodly amounts of fluff, lying down, with his long legs out in front. He is screaming at the camera, showing off his teeth.

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Charlie @chari.es · 10/03/2025

“It’s highly unusual, I can assure you that”. Also, they’re very much desperately searching for literally anything to post - suggesting low vis may have played a part in a collision between two SOLAS compliant vessels…

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Charlie @chari.es · 04/03/2025

the americans are asleep, we can finally Mr Blobby post without fear of repercussions

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Charlie @chari.es · 03/03/2025

apple pie and custard

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Charlie @chari.es · 27/12/2024

Barring any damage, I think Dalin and Richomme will be battling it out to the finish. Both very deserving to be where they are - it’s going to be an exciting climb north.

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Charlie @chari.es · 19/12/2024

definitely meant to say awakened…

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Charlie @chari.es · 19/12/2024

Suspect #2 (prime suspect)

A grey ball of fluff with green eyes looks mischievously past the camera.

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Charlie @chari.es · 19/12/2024

Charlie Dalin and co are now ahead of the race record set by Armel Le Cléac’h in 2017, and it looks like they’re set to extend that over the coming days. They’re also fast approaching Point Nemo - the point furthest from land on the planet. Closer to the ISS than other humans when they pass it!

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Charlie @chari.es · 17/12/2024

We’re back on with the Jules Verne Trophy attempts! SVR Lazartigue is currently code green and Sodebo are code orange. Time to be glued to the tracker once again…

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Charlie @chari.es · 12/12/2024

Great picture from Éric Bellion smashing into a wave. I really like these Raison designs - to be honest, the outward canted boards were beautiful on every IMOCA.

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Charlie @chari.es · 09/12/2024

Surely on everyone’s list?

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Charlie @chari.es · 08/12/2024

Yeah that’s definitely not ideal. Glad there’s no wider damage - Sébastien Simon has not had the best of luck with foils, breaking two sets with his Juan K and now this.

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Charlie @chari.es · 08/12/2024

It’s been blowy out there. Good picture her from Justine Mettraux showing her storm jib up and furled. Interesting to see a sail bag on deck and forward - that generation of foilers had quite a bow up tendency under foils. I wonder if Charal or Justine had a forward ballast tank fitted?

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Charlie @chari.es · 07/12/2024

It’s getting windy down in the South West - peak of 71.3 knots at the moment!

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Charlie @chari.es · 03/12/2024

Antoine Cornic on the hunt for some big weather. Interesting call, but with an older hull perhaps some big surfs will do him some good

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Charlie @chari.es · 02/12/2024

And here comes the big break for the leading trio - if they manage to hold onto the pressure they are in, we will see the gap to fourth grow and grow. Front three averaging above 20kts for the last 24hr while the six behind at most 15kts #VendeeGlobe

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Charlie @chari.es · 01/12/2024

SVR Lazartigue currently sits 177nm behind IDEC’s record. Averaging 29.4kts for the last four hours, slightly off Sodebo’s 30.5 - though SVR should move into the building breeze. The picture for the rest of their North Atlantic descent looks perfect. I expect some high averages equator record.

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Charlie @chari.es · 01/12/2024

The leading pack has gybed and Yoann Richomme has cemented his lead a little more, stretching out nearly 9nm from Dalin. They will keep gybing to stay with the pressure system they’ve hooked into - the boats are fast enough now that they usually move ahead of the system, being spat into light airs.

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Charlie @chari.es · 30/11/2024

Both teams have set off for this year's Trophée Jules Verne attempts. Sodebo a number of hours before SVR Lazartigue did, hence the split. SVR averaging 4.5kts more than Sodebo over the last few hours, but Sodebo will get through the low first and tack south into the faster conditions first.

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Charlie @chari.es · 29/11/2024

But, as with this time of year, they’re not the only boat making an attempt. Thomas Coville and his Sodebo are currently in code orange.

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Charlie @chari.es · 29/11/2024

The crew of SVR Lazartigue have just gone to code green, meaning they will be heading to the course start to make an attempt at the Jules Verne Trophy. The record currently stands at 40 days, 23 hours, 30 minutes and 30s and was set by IDEC in 2017.

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Charlie @chari.es · 27/11/2024

I’ve had a little play with the new Vendée Globe API to work out if we will see the reference time from the Equator to the Cape of Good Hope fall after the rapid trip across the South Atlantic.

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Charlie @chari.es · 27/11/2024

So there’s the break - Benjamin Dutreux on the old Hugo Boss may just be able to hang onto the system propelling the leaders forward. Romain Attanasio and co are just beyond its grasp. Gaps will start to build from here and we will see the front runners a system ahead of this group.

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Charlie @chari.es · 27/11/2024

Boris Herrmann has a pretty good cockpit layout tbh. Can definitely see how it works for crewed and solo, and there’s a decent amount of light. Considerably less pokey and dark than Hublot is. Just a shame it’s hideous from the outside!

A picture taken from inside the cockpit of an IMOCA 60 yacht, looking forward to the bank of winches, the pedestal and the instruments.

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Charlie @chari.es · 24/11/2024

Look at the previous Vendée Globe editions, we’re about where we’d expect for retirements at this stage - obviously discounting 2012, which was a wild one to say the least.

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Charlie @chari.es · 23/11/2024

This is a good picture from Sèbastien Simon, sailing with J2 and J3 by the looks of it. J3 design is particularly interesting - and something we are seeing more in the fleet - maximising the area in the foot while maintaining a higher clew.

A photo taken from a sailing boat looking at some islands in the South Atlantic. The image is looking forward of the mast and has two sails deployed.

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