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Coming home! The Soltron Atlantic Challenge
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Saturday 9th August 2003 saw Spirit of Cardiff finally arriving back in the UK on the last stop of its mammoth voyage. Alan and the team made the fastest ever crossing of the Atlantic by Rigid Inflatable Boat, and what's more to the point is that they have been right around the world, and then some!
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Read all about it!
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Now you can read the full story of Spirit of Cardiff's remarkable voyage, not just this year's circumnavigation attempt, but from the start more than three years ago. "Confronting Poseidon" is more than just a blow by blow account of the voyage around the world. It also covers the background of the project and all the work that went into making it happen.
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Spirit of Cardiff runs out of luck
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September 16
This time, luck has finally run out. When Alan Priddy, Clive Tully and Jan Falkowski arrived at St Johns harbour on Sunday morning, ready to take Spirit out across the Atlantic, they found the dive platform at the back of the boat submerged and the engine compartment full of water, the bilge pumps unable to cope with the level of flooding.
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Read about life on board Spirit
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Clive Tully, Spirit of Cardiff's on board journalist, has been sending back regular reports via email using one of the team's Iridium satellite phones. Read for yourself what life has been like on board.
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Round the world route
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Round the world the long way -- right round the middle via the Suez Canal and the Panama canal, taking in the North Atlantic and North Pacific along the way! The record breaking route starts and finishes in Gibraltar, with no less than thirty stops on the way.
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Local support in Cardiff
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Alun Michael was First Secretary of the National Assembly for Wales when he first met Alan Priddy and gave strong support to the Spirit of Cardiff venture. He and the local Assembly Member for Cardiff South and Penarth, Lorraine Barrett believe that the project "captures the spirit and energy of the new Cardiff".
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Spirit of Cardiff, the boat
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For a challenge like this, having the right boat for the job is essential. Spirit of Cardiff has been especially designed to keep going at speed in the harshest sea conditions, day and night. By Easter 2002 when the round the world challenge starts, every aspect will have been exhaustively tried and tested.
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