The boat will be based in Poole for the next three years in the lead up to the 2024 Vendée Globe.

Has someone sped the world up? The days and weeks seem to be whipping by as fast as a channel crossing on the new Medallia.

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.