Thursday 6th June

Near the coast the wind remained on our bows and rather than tack back and forth we motored slowly into a steep waves. Over the next few hours the sea became much smoother and we continued through the night along the Galician coast. We only put the sails up for the last 2 miles to the finish line in Bayona. Several boats were there already but most arrived later having decided to sail to windward. It took us just over 97 hours at an average of 5.7 knots to cover 578 miles. We motored for nearly 21 hours. We were really lucky with conditions and we feel really pleased to have made it in such good shape. The crew who are much more experienced than me were fantastic and hardly ever pointed out when I had done wrong.