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High Cotton
Owner John Youngblood
Design Ted Hood 52
Length Overall 15 m 84 cm
Flag United States of America
Sail Number 51452




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01/12/2021

High Cotton - Goons for hire!

Have you ever had too much mainsail out, but you know as soon as you reef the wind will drop back? You can now hire these strapping young lads to wrestle your helm for you while you wait out the freshened breeze. Call 1-800-handsomehelmsmen.Posted by Paulimage1. read more...


30/11/2021

High Cotton - A midway toast!

Most boats have a midway celebration on passages. Some friends cooked cheesy pancakes, some had Norwegian waffles, others had Irish coffees! Aboard High Cotton we had Aquavit shots which are a small nod to John and Paul’s Scandinavian heritage and fittingly the bottle boasts a sailboat. Photo taken with 1075nm ahead and behind us at 2300 on Saturday night.image1. read more...


29/11/2021

High Cotton - A Dream

What a Tuna! This team event took around 45 minutes to get aboard. Keeping the boat under control in wind and wave means keeping a small piece of sail up resulting in a fight with this 75cm beast moving at 3kts in the wrong direction. We have been devouring tuna for the past couple of days and their is plenty more in stock. Personally I’ve always dreamed of catching a fish like this. Sore arms, sweaty brow, and a screaming reel—so much fun! One for the books.Post by Paulimage1. read more...


28/11/2021

High Cotton - Sea BnB

Everyone meet Becky! Clearly exhausted, she landed on the stern of High Cotton the evening of the 25th and spent a full night plus another half a day aboard. Although she started off quite timid, she soon found our presence safe enough to wander the deck, traveling up port side to the bow, around the inner forestay and then coming aft down starboard. After careful inspection of our sail bags and sticking her head into open port hatches she retired to the aft deck for the night where she pecked away at a flying fish whom had the misfortune of both landing on a solid surface for the first time in its life and further landing next to Becks. On the morning of the 26th Becky grew so bold that she decided to join Josh and myself in the cockpit where she spent an hour sitting on the cushion. read more...


25/11/2021

High Cotton - Progress and a thanksgiving at sea

Believe it or not, today is the first thanksgiving in the central Atlantic for us, and even the first ever forsome onboard! Warm chicken and perhaps a shower await! Not feeling so cold turkey anymore! Currently we find ourselves 700 miles deep in the direction of Grenada! Despite our autopilot failure and intensive hand steering, small victories are keeping the High Cotton morale easily reachable, each moment! Things like being two days sailing away from halfway, noticing miles tick by one hundred at a time, a few good fish, banter-filled jokes and the exhausted expressions on the waking faces of the midnight watch crew; evoke new smiles every time. Being at sea also sets stage for the valuable exchanging of knowledge, vocabulary, jargon and skills, especially in a cross cultural. read more...



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