{"id":12894,"date":"2023-04-04T07:09:24","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T14:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/en\/?page_id=12894"},"modified":"2023-04-04T07:09:24","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T14:09:24","slug":"ian-herbert-jones","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/en\/golden-globe-race\/ggr-2022\/ian-herbert-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Herbert-Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"

PUFFIN’S ANGEL IN PATAGONIA<\/strong>
\n\"\"Sometimes the world seems very big; sometimes it turns out to be surprisingly small. Working in my particular niche of the market, I come across the same names and faces time and again \u2013 and the same boats too for that matter. One boat that has recently given me that d\u00e9j\u00e0-vu feeling is Puffin, whose former skipper Istvan Kopar treated me to a life experience like no other during the GGR 2018<\/a>. I would gladly have been spared his efforts \u2013 and to be sure I did my utmost to defend myself against them \u2013 but the affair did give me a special insight into the DNA of the event. An insight dearly bought, but still. <\/p>\n

Having been sold to Ian Herbert-Jones just a few days after finishing the 2018 edition of the GGR, Puffin came back for another go round in the 2022 edition. Boat and skipper took a pasting in the South Pacific (including two knockdowns) and a few days ago a slightly battered Puffin was towed into Picton Island by Mark and Caro van de Weg’s Jonathan.
\nThe network of sailors active in Patagonia who regularly venture into the highest latitudes continues to function beautifully, so a few phone calls was all it took to inform Mark and Caro of Puffin’s plight. Once alerted, Jonathan, a Koopmans 48 comprehensively equipped for extended unsupported expeditions in lonely polar regions, put to sea from its berth in Puerto Williams without delay. <\/p>\n

SV Jonathan III – Caro + Mark van de Weg NED<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n