From the monthly archives:
Our crew will be joined by Alison Harper, who is a BBC correspondent and by a cameraman. She will be sailing with us from La Rochelle to Rio, and will be broadcasting live from the race start in Hull on BBC Breakfast and then the News Channel, then flying down to La Rochelle to join the boat there – she’ll broadcast live into BBC Breakfast during the race.
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Since my last training, the formal naming of the boat has taken place. The naming took place alongside the Royal Yacht Britannia in the Port of Leith after a sail down the Firth of Forth from Port Edgar and the boat was named by Alex Salmond, Scotland First Minister, using Benromach quality whisky instead of the traditional champagne. As part of the sponsorship from Edinburgh, among the crew will be seven young people from a range of backgrounds who are currently unemployed. Each one of them will take part in one leg of the race forming a ‘tag team’. The boat was piped by one of the crew when crossing the border and entering Scottish waters and by the Red Hot Chilli Pipers when arriving in Leith. The yacht will be moored in Leith until Monday 17 August and will be open to the public from Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 August. Read more…
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My final week training happened last month. The most interesting thing was that it was with the skipper I will race with and with the people that will race on the same boat, i.e. our skipper – our boat – our team. At the time it had just been announced that the city we will be racing for was Edinburgh under the brandEdinburgh – Inspiring Capital. Read more…
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