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We got back to the UK on Friday and spent a few hours sitting in traffic in the rain and then I woke up the next morning with a cold. Great!

Well we missed out on breaking the record but the performance of the boat was incredible. I think we hit peak speeds of over 50 knots on 7 out of 12 runs and 3 of those runs were shakedown runs. So really it was 7 out of 9. I think our best 500m average was slightly faster then the windsurfers have achieved. It’s been great seeing such a unique boat performing so brilliantly and even better having the chance to be involved in the story.

After we packed up the boat we had a few days to see some of the country. I don’t think I left Walvis bay for 5 weeks with everything that was going on. 4×4 is definitely the way to see Namibia. I think we were really lucky with the car we managed to hire. It seemed to have everything from roof tent, gas stove, tables and chairs to low speed gear box, diff lock, off road tyres and dual fuel tanks. With a car like that you can drive along the river bed for miles despite deep sand and rocks.

Now it’s time to get back to the moth and get ready for the worlds. however the list is long and the days are short.