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  1. Strong evidence to suggest Lee Westwood and Rory McIlroy are users of BBC Sport's 606 golf message boards. http://bit.ly/49GsNE 2:29 AM Nov 9th from web
  2. Filed my final Fastnet blog on BBC Sport sailing website. Just about caught up on sleep. Back in golf mode, covering USPGA in office. 2:09 PM Aug 14th from web
  3. Fastnet PS - thanks for all your messages. Sorry for not replying at the time but couldn't see them on the boat. Pizza & beer was good! 12:25 PM Aug 12th from web
  4. That's all folks! Thanks for following us from myself & the crew - Sam, Ollie, Ben, Oscar, Mikey, Andy & Lovely. And the boat for a safe ... 6:58 AM Aug 12th from txt
  5. "A good race. Disappointing we didn't beat Hugo Boss but we did well to stay up with the main pack for so long," says skipper Lovely. 6:40 AM Aug 12th from txt
  6. That's us done then! Artemis the Profit Hunter crossed the line at 1423 BST. Handshakes all round. 8th in the fleet of 11, but it's old ... 6:32 AM Aug 12th from txt
  7. Our nemesis Hugo Boss finished a short while ago. Well done Alex Thomson & his team. It was fun while it lasted. 5:50 AM Aug 12th from txt
  8. Here on Artemis the Profit Hunter we've got 12 miles or just over an hour left. Pizza & beer order placed & requested to be brought out! 5:45 AM Aug 12th from txt
  9. News reaches us that BT crossed the line at just before 0500 to win the class in two days 17 hours. Artemis II crossed an hour later in 2nd. 5:18 AM Aug 12th from txt
  10. Well, team, don't want to seem defeatist but we may have to concede the Boss bully boys this one. We've got a new race anyway - 100ft Liara. 4:44 AM Aug 12th from txt
  11. 1145BST - Nearing Falmouth. Boss has gybed and gone way to the south as they can't sail as close to the wind with a spinnaker. 3:51 AM Aug 12th from txt
  12. 1030BST - Woke up for final time. Unlike slogging upwind, lying in bunk as boat surges down swells is quite pleasant. Up on deck Boss in ... 3:02 AM Aug 12th from txt
  13. Passed Wolf Rock about 7am, next the Lizard. No vis. End of watch in sight so making up songs at Ollie's expense. Andy's lost his marbles. 12:07 AM Aug 12th from txt
  14. Wait. We can see the shape of Boss in the mist ahead. Radar says 2 miles but it gives us hope. Must spin the pumps harder. Speed 13kts. 11:19 PM Aug 11th from web
  15. Our foe may have gone but still have to get home. Up at 5am for more grinding. Arms hanging off. A Jaffa Cake teases me just out of reach. 11:16 PM Aug 11th from web
  16. 0200BST - Going off watch. Boss has pulled away in the darkness and is hard to make out. Looks like the Profit Hunters have been hunted. 11:11 PM Aug 11th from web
  17. Boss is level with us on our port side. Tension is high as we strive to compete. In more wind he pulls away, in lighter stuff we catch up. 11:08 PM Aug 11th from web
  18. And so the Night of the Long Grinds begins. Running downwind with the kite up needs constant trimming, and therefore grinding. "Trim on..." 11:06 PM Aug 11th from web
  19. Come on watch at 1100BST to hear the bad news. "Boss is just over there." The Black Boat loomed out of the fog about 10pm. The game is on. 11:04 PM Aug 11th from web
  20. Late afternoon and the breeze has dropped a bit. "Not quite as exciting is it," says Ollie. No sign of Hugo Boss. Mist rolling in. 11:02 PM Aug 11th from web
  • Name Rob Hodgetts
  • Location London
  • Web http://www.bbc.co...
  • Bio I'm a sports journalist who works for the BBC Sport website
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