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Osprey, Chris's Open 60, is entered in the 2026 Newport Bermuda Race, Gibbs Hill division, with a start time of 9 a.m. on June 16; the entry fee totals $6,800.0:07 Eighteen crew spots are filled with two remaining.4:03 Preparation work underway includes installing a dual-inlet seawater strainer so the engine can draw from either port or starboard when the boat heels, fixing a leaking manual fuel-transfer pump with epoxy, replacing a 220V microwave with a 110V unit, fitting T-type fuses for two 24V 100Ah lithium-ion batteries, addressing a bilge pump wired to undersized 20mm hose despite a 32mm outlet, and replacing an oversized staysail halyard.13:18 The mast track fitting is ready to install but the square-top mainsail head will stay off until the boat clears the inner harbour.10:56 A PredictWind data logger is planned to allow live tracking during the Atlantic crossing, pending resolution of a suspected wire break in the mast antenna.12:16 Chris's old Open 60 Spartan — now owned by Bodo, who rebuilt it with a full billet stainless keel, new engine, new electronics, and refastened mast track on its 26-metre rig — is coming to the same marina for the summer.1:14 A post-Bermuda transatlantic attempt targeting the Bermuda-to-Plymouth record currently held by Richard Tolkien aboard Rosalba is also planned, contingent on approximately $70,000 in new standing rigging.16:15

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