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Chris Nicholson

Staying focused on the goal

CAMPER skipper Chris Nicholson blogs from Lisbon Hi all, With two legs and three In-Port races remaining, there’s...

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Nico with his family after the finish of Leg 7

A brutal result

CAMPER skipper Chris Nicholson blogs from Lisbon Hi all, Well Leg 7 is behind us and about the only word I can...

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Chris Nicholson, CAMPER With Emirates Team New Zealand. 20/9/2011

Interesting times ahead

CAMPER skipper Chris Nicholson blogs from Miami Hi all, Well as we get back into things and begin to focus on Leg 7...

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A good result and a tight race

CAMPER skipper Chris Nicholson blogs from Miami Hi all, It is 24 hours since we arrived in Miami and with the boat...

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Nico on deck during leg 6

CAMPER’s island tour

Chris Nicholson blogs from on board CAMPER Hi all It’s now Day Fourteen of Leg Six and as I predicted in my last...

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Nico surveys the scene during Leg 6

Pushing hard in a tight race

CAMPER skipper Chris ‘Nico’ Nicholson blogs from on board CAMPER Hi all It’s now day seven of Leg Six...

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Nico dockside in Itajai

Chomping at the bit to get back racing

CAMPER skipper Chris Nicholson blogs from Itajai Hi all Here we are in Itajai on the eve of the in-port race and 48...

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Skipper Chris Nicholson waves as CAMPER arrives in Sanya

Nico’s Blog : A Malacca mistake and a big leg looming

Hi all Well here we are in Sanya after a leg that was incredibly tough both mentally and physically. I think I’m going to...

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Nico in the thick of things

More work needed and Leg 3 is the chance

Hi all Part A of Leg 3 is now a few days behind us and CAMPER is currently in transit on a ship bound for a secret safehaven...

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Nico out dhow racing in Abu Dhabi

Nico’s Blog: Back at work and back into things

Hi all Well after a few days rest following the end of leg two the sailing team is back at work and straight into reviewing...

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Nico grabs a moment down below towards the end of leg 2

Nico’s Blog: a steady improvement

Hi all Stage one of leg 2 is now behind us and in a just a few days we will be completing the leg with a final short sprint...

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Skipper Chris Nicholson and Co-Skipper Stu Bannatyne consider the next steps now that CAMPER has broken out of the weather trough

Nico’s Blog: A tough week at the office

Hi all What a tough first week back at the office! Seven days in and leg two has delivered some of the most intense and...

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CAMPER skipper Chris Nicholson

Nico’s Blog: the lessons of leg one

Hi all Last week I spent some time reflecting on leg one and what went right and what went wrong for CAMPER. I thought it...

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Nico’s blog: rigging reflections

Hi all There’s been a bit of speculation and comment about what happened to our rig on the final approach to Cape Town at...

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CAMPER skipper Chris Nicholson is reunited with his young son Tully

Nico’s Blog: One error and 6000 miles to reflect

Hi all Well after three weeks of hard slog and 6500 miles here we are in Cape Town the”‘tavern of the seas”....

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