Send Hannah Sailing

I can’t believe how quickly the last couple of months have gone – in less than 24 hours time I will be racing to Madeira!

We have spent the last couple of weeks preparing the boat for the
race.  I am one of the bosuns on the trip so have spent my time familiarising myself with the rigging and learning to splice ropes (making loops by weaving the rope into itself rather than tying knots).

The boats have been moored in Ocean Village – Southampton and the
atmosphere is amazing!  The crew are treated a bit like rockstars, which is fantastic but we all feel like we need to have done some sailing to deserve it!

The picture is from our official naming ceremony – our boat sponsor is
Yorkshire, I am very pleased to be sailing on the English entry.

We are starting the race at 16:30 off the Royal Yacht Squadron in
Cowes tomorrow.  Tonight I am off to the firework display and spend some time with my family before I go – next update from Madeira!