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Jon Chitty

Jon Chitty

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Huntingdon Cambridgeshire

34year RAF career as an Engineering Officer, working with Nimrod, Harrier, Phantom F4J and FGR2, then Tornado GR1 and F3. Retired and worked with QinetiQ, then Plexsys on distributed synthetic training for war fighters. Now fully retired and enjoying life to the full skiing, sailing, and scuba; with karate as a sideline.

370

NM

Total Distance

14

Days

Time at Sea

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Jon Chitty

Jon Chitty

4 October 2025 at 11:33

Day 6

14.4

NM

3h 59m

Pálairos, Greece

Jon Chitty

Jon Chitty

3 October 2025 at 11:24

Day 5

15

NM

4h 31m

Pálairos, Greece

Jon Chitty

Jon Chitty

2 October 2025 at 10:26

Day 4 and very wet

This was a very wet day, winds gusting 20kts, so a straight transition back to Vounaki. Just using the foresail got 5.3kts so no dramas with trying to use mainsail-and probably would not have been welcomed by Neilson team.

Day 4 and very wet

14.4

NM

3h 16m

Sývota to Pálairos, Greece

Jon Chitty

Jon Chitty

1 October 2025 at 10:33

Day 3

22.1

NM

6h 47m

Spartokhórion to Sývota, Greece

Jon Chitty

Jon Chitty

30 September 2025 at 11:28

Day 2

8.5

NM

5h 10m

Villa Magemenou to Spartokhórion, Greece

Jon Chitty

Jon Chitty

29 September 2025 at 12:58

5

First day Neilson Greece

11.8

NM

3h 42m

Ionian Sea to Nikiána, Greece

Jon Chitty

Jon Chitty - Yes and we’ve just done 3rd day even with a buoy recovery as one fell off!!

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Jon Chitty
Phil Wadey

Jon Chitty & Phil Wadey

16 May 2025 at 08:14

Azores

25.5

NM

5h 2m

Velas to Angústias, Portugal

Jon Chitty

Jon Chitty

14 May 2025 at 09:00

Graciosa to Velas

33.5

NM

5h 28m

Carapacho to Velas, Portugal

Jon Chitty

Jon Chitty

13 May 2025 at 07:37

Back to Graciosae

52.4

NM

8h 26m

Praia da Vitória to Praia, Portugal

Jon Chitty

Jon Chitty

12 May 2025 at 09:25

14.6

NM

2h 40m

Angra do Heroísmo to Praia da Vitória, Portugal