Blog/Diary

So that is it… After a years worth of hype, a months worth of delays and 70 days on the Ocean, we arrived back in the UK Thursday morning to be greeted by a biting March wind and an overcast and drizzly vista.  Thank you to everyone for your messages of support and good wishes whilst we were on the water, the really helped to keep us plugging away.

On the whole we are very pleased with how we performed out there, we know we made some silly mistakes that eventually cost us a good few positions, but considering our boat hadn’t touched water before the race start in La Gomera, we could hardly expect to be up to the standards of some of the guys, and girls, who put in hours and hours worth of training throughout the year and knew their kit inside and out.  A serious well done must go to Charlie Pitcher, and Ole and James from team QBE, who were not only brilliant company in La Gomera, but are truely worthy winners of the Atlantic Race ‘09 and the Pairs Class ‘09.  No doubt Chris and I have found some great friends for many years to come.

The boat performed beautifully, after we discovered how to row it in certain coniditions, and thanks must go to the guys down at Rossiter Yachts for building us such a responsive and safe boat.  We had complete confidence in her the entire way across.  Despite the fact that we have grown quite emotionally attached to her, unfortunately like all good things, our love affair must come to an end.  If our story, or that of any of the other competitors in this years, or previous years races, has inspired you to pick up the oars and have  crack at the Ocean, then you will be in need of a safe, and very well built boat.  If you are interested in HCL Workforce One, then please get in contact via the contact us page.  Or you can email me directly on: j.h.thompson@me.com

Joe

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