On Sunday I was reminded what an incredibly liberating and diverse sport sailing is when I joined a group of partially sighted sailors on a sea vision taster day run by Visa-GB.

When the Bureau Vallée team invited me to do a leg of The Ocean Race Europe onboard their new IMOCA I didn’t waste a second in consideration before saying Yes.

You asked and Pip answered.

If you had sat me down at the beginning of 2019 and described to me what May 2021 would look like I am not sure I would have dared to believe you.

It has now been three months of hard graft. Since I got back to the UK I have not stopped.

Things that go bang in the night are never a good thing for a Vendée skipper and tonight on Medallia we had a big bang.