Leaving Liverpool on the 16th was awesome. Big crowds, good weather, wind, everything you could wish for.

Had a few beers with Trev and Lisa who came up to Liverpool to watch the race start and who I saw briefly in the crowd when we left Albert Dock.

About 30 minutes after the start a cold front passed over and then we were in a Force 8 for a couple of hours which was a fantastic start to the whole race.

Won't drone on now but had a fairly good leg with wind on all but the last day. The race was cut short due to there being NO wind whatsoever and we still finished 2nd out of the field.

Hull & Humber took line honours and Glasgow came in a few miles behind us for third position.

Next leg starts tomorrow at 1600 hours (local time) and will take, weather depending of course, around 3 - 3.5 weeks.