It was a long and slow edition of RBI, but still was a fantastic experience. Kite finished as the second Class 40 in 13 days, 10 hours. While we all needed a shower and some proper food, we finished with water and food to spare and in good spirits.

In total, it was a great shakedown for the Route du Rhum and a wonderful wrap-up to our season of sailing around (figuratively and literally) the UK. With the 1800nm in this course, it brought our annual total to about 6,000nm across solo, double-handed, and crewed races and training. Some additional sights of the course: