Today has been a total change of pace, instead of the frenetic activity of the last three days, I've had a chance to focus on details and have tried to really understand Medallia and tease out what the boat needs to find and maintain that extra speed.

This is tough, we have had everything imaginable thrown at us in the last 48 hours

The first race of the season, the Bermudes 1000, gets underway.

Pip answers your questions ahead of the Bermudes 1000, the first race of the season.

Finishing our winter refit has been like stepping into the sun again, with the boat back together we can focus more clearly on our end goals and it’s such a joy to be sailing again.

I am often asked if I wish I had broken into the Vendée Globe race earlier in my career, having finally made it to the start in 2020 at the age of 46. The answer is unequivocally ‘no’.