Ah well, the trip was a fairly straightfoward one. No real hiccups and only slightly dampened by:

• the day-and-half of slamming into a westerly wind,

• the Force 9 we hit one third of the way between Lands End and Cork,

• the subsequent 18 hours of 22 - 38 knot winds and running with a storm jib,

• the large amounts of water in the boat (we're talking floating soleboards at one point!),

• my crew bag getting soaked,

• my Sony DSC-T3 digital camera, my week-and-a-half old Nokia mobile phone and my iPod all being ruined by water.

Now to see how good the insurance company is when I put my claim in!

Another weekend sailing coming up...

Down to the Hamble tomorrow to take a 36' yacht, 'X-perience', an XS362 Sport, across to Cork for race week. We fly back into Gatwick on Sunday night and, hopefully, I may be able to get another delivery across there in the early part of next week; we shall see!