I’m now safely aboard Garmin, and it’ll be 11 months till I’m home again.  The oddest moment so far was only needing to buy a single train ticket to London.

The boat is ready, the crew are ready (despite last night’s party), and we’re all now keen to get sailing, and find out what we can do as a team.

Thank you to all those who’ve been down to see me (and the boat) over the last week, and sorry to those I’ve not been able to catch before I go.

I’ll update this blog in Rio…