We see big container ships breaking up in the middle because they’re on the peak and the trough and basically on the peak of the next wave. Small is actually sometimes better in a big sea state. The whole hull is about 12mm thick everywhere so it is absolutely solid and designed for the job. With breaking waves, the boat can still contain itself. Big, big rolling seas are no issue at all. We’ve made the boat so it’s actually quite lightly ballasted so it reacts to the waves really well. With twin headsails but no mainsail, Big C can only sail downwind Just how seaworthy is Big C? When Tom McNally and other microyachters have had a go they’ve literally gone to the quayside, put the boat in, maybe done some last-minute modifications, then shot off! You often find it’s the more quirky people who do this kind of challenge. We’ve only done about 10 miles in it, but you know what? That’s probably more than a lot of the other people have done before attempting to break the record. Not so far, initially, because it’s really difficult to get a downwind boat in and out of the harbour. Tom designed and started building this boat so we’ve got great confidence in the boat’s design. In 1993 he broke the record in a 5ft 4½inch boat. We’ve got spare sail if we need it, but it’s a simple system and not a lot can go wrong. No, it’s not typical, but there’s no room for a mainsail on here, and the boat is designed to sail dead downwind. Is it typical for a microyacht to just have twin headsails? It might not work but we’re going to go as far as we can. If you don’t go for it, you’ll never know what could have been.
I want this challenge to show her that she should be able to get out and do things.
She thinks it’s just a brave thing to do. Andrew’s daughter has illustrated the hatch What does your daughter think of your voyage? Neither Mr Shoigu nor Mr Gerasimov have commented in public about Prigozhin's comments.Inside Big C. The defence ministry did not respond to a request for comment. Mr Prigozhin said in his statement today that Wagner would win a direct battle with these Chechen forces, known as Akhmat, but there would be serious bloodshed.Īnd in a familiar fashion, he once again vented about defence minister Sergei Shoigu and the traditional military, branding the ministry "in chaos" and claiming it "de-facto does not exist".
they are simply destroying the Russian state," he said.Īs Wagner forces are relieved from Bakhmut, having taken the majority of the city, Mr Prigozhin's political influence has become more vulnerable, the Institute for the Study of War previously said.Īt the same time, Chechen special forces have been tasked with an offensive in Marinka, which leader Ramzan Kadyrov may attempt to use to raise his profile in a similar manner to the Wagner chief. "Dangerous games have become commonplace in the Kremlin towers. Without naming individuals, he said if they continued their divisive tactics they would have "hell to pay". Kremlin factions are "destroying the Russian state" by attempting to sow discord between Chechen fighters and Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, he has said.Ī dispute - which saw Chechen politicians criticise Mr Prigozhin's military abilities - has been resolved but "Pandora's Box is already open", said the mercenary boss.
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