by Mary Rook | Mar 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
Dear fantastic followers, I have just returned home to the welcoming drizzle of Blighty from a rather warmer altogether more spicy Arabian Tour. This was unbelievably my 5th time around the sandy oil filled lands, and it was my first experience of it being cloudy, cold and windy all the way around the course. We started out in Muscat, the head quarters of Oman Sail and met up as a...Read more
by Mary Rook | Feb 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
Dear fabulous followers I hope you have had a jubilant January and can join me in celebrating its departure. For me the month started out well, getting stuck into the never ending pile of boat work, shaping my pretty little bateau into a racing machine, what ever the weather. Seeing plenty of long, chilly, sparkling winter days and beautiful sunsets. It was all going so well until this happened…..my...Read more
by Mary Rook | Jan 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
Dear new and sparkly 2017 followers my apologies for the delay of this update I have been having a truly horrible Christmas experience. I’ve been suffering from a terrible winter plague and have spent the whole merry time coughing, spluttering and filling several million tissues. My family are well and truly fed up of me moaning and having eaten little due to defunct tasting buds and not a bean of...Read more
by Mary Rook | Dec 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
Dear December decorating friends, I hope you are all enjoying hoisting your trees and adorning your houses with sparkling baubles. I have been out in the crispy autumnal air working hard on my new boat number 21 and learning how to sail a Figaro faster. With me for a day, I was lucky enough to be joined by Miss Annie Lush, Olympian and trimmer from SCA Volvo Ocean Race...Read more
by Mary Rook | Nov 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
Greetings fabulous, firework watching, followers. Whilst all the ghosts and ghouls have been out in force I have taken a little rest from sponsorship hunting and flown off to far away foreign lands with a bunch of epic ladies to compete in the Busan Women’s Match Race. This annual regatta in South Korea attracts the top lady match racers from all around the world, with many of the girls...Read more
by Mary Rook | Oct 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
Hello awesome autumn friends, I hope you are enjoying the colourful leaves and blustery conditions blowing them all down. I’m sure you have all be wondering what I’ve been up to over the last few weeks. Its been a brilliant fun but also an awkward time, chasing the finances, to make my 2017 dreams a reality. But it hasn’t been all bad…… I have obviously been perfecting my domestic...Read more
by Mary Rook | Sep 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
Dear scrumptious summery fans, I hope you are all out enjoying the lovely British sunshine that has been shining down on us since pretty much the minute the Solitaire ended! So I imagine you have all been wondering what we have been up to since our fabulous race ended. Well firstly we had a very civilised, big party….. Then I did lots of baking And gardening and eating green...Read more
by Mary Rook | Jul 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
Well fabulous Figaro fans! I have now completed my first Solitaire and I’m safely back on British soil, surrounded by several cups of proper tea and ready to tell you my stories. The whole thing was an absolutely amazing experience and I can see how the French do this race for decades and don’t get bored. Starting out in divine Deauville we had the pleasure of a long build...Read more
by Mary Rook | Jun 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
Dear fabulous followers, I hope you have enjoyed summer, that appears to have ended now but hopefully news of my exciting race will keep you going and replace the sunshine in your life. Since I have last updated I have come back to the land of croissant with team Artemis and we have been getting stuck into the boat work. This being the last few days run up to...Read more
by Mary Rook | Jun 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
I hope you have all been busy my friendly followers, we have been spending our last few weeks before the start of the BIG race, sailing around the course and familiarising ourselves with the locations that we will be racing too. With a good night sleep under our belts, along with some good steak and fresh vegetables, we set off from La Harve where we had just finished the...Read more
