We have published a webpage in memory of Duncan Lougee, so tragically lost in last year’s Baltimore Challenge. If any fellow Jesters would like to add a further reminiscence or tribute it will always be welcome. Contributions can be submitted either to the Jester Helm email address, or via the Contact page on the website.
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Jester Helm Newsletter February 2024
Dear Jesters 2024 seems to have come round quickly, with only about four months to go before the start of this year’s Jester Azores Challenge. We already have 23 starters on the provisional list, so it promises to be yet another vibrant event. Almost half of the skippers on the list are prospective first-time Jester … Continue reading Jester Helm Newsletter February 2024
Jester Helm Newsletter September 2023
Dear Jesters The loss of one of our most respected and experienced Jesters, Duncan Lougee, in this year’s Jester Baltimore Challenge, has cast a lasting pall over what would otherwise have been a very successful summer. Duncan’s loss is the first casualty in the fifteen Jester events, encompassing well over half a million miles of … Continue reading Jester Helm Newsletter September 2023
Jester Baltimore Challenge 2023. SITREP 5 04/07/2023
The time has come to sum up this year’s Jester Challenge. This is not an easy task, as there is so much that is positive, counterbalanced by the devastating loss of one of our number. This year a total of 43 skippers sailed in the event, the biggest number to participate in any of the … Continue reading Jester Baltimore Challenge 2023. SITREP 5 04/07/2023
JESTER BALTIMORE CHALLENGE 2023 SITREP 4 30/6/2023
After five days of intense search of the Celtic Sea and its periphery by the UK and Irish coastguards, and after five days of intense anguish for Duncan Lougee’s family and friends, Minke was finally located yesterday afternoon. She was drifting at a point 75 miles south-east of Ballycotton on the County Cork coast, at … Continue reading JESTER BALTIMORE CHALLENGE 2023 SITREP 4 30/6/2023
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