Well that was something else!
Bearing in mind I’d never stepped foot on a yacht before Level 1, I had zero idea what to expect. I remember feeling unbalanced as I stepped on the boat and thought “it’s stationary and tied up, what am I going to be like when its moving?!”
The pictures below give you an idea of what the yacht looks like – a stripped back, ocean racing yacht – the bunks are the little sections behind the blue fabric..
After the weeks’ training, I think the hardest things for me on the actual race where we will be racing for approx. 30 days, will be 1) not having visibility of land for a number of weeks, and 2) being in such close proximity to 21 other people in confined spaces – I think the mental challenges will far outweigh the physical, especially if I am at peak fitness before departure.
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