I have just arrived back from the airport to pick up the rest of the team after spending the morning putting the V8 on the boat... well, the wing-sail anyway.

So everyone is on site including the WSSRC commissioner who is here to oversee our record attempt. The wing looks in pretty good shape considering the life it has had. It's been a real love/hate affair with that beast... but like us, it's still here and shaping up for the last round... so it has my respect.

Greetings everyone, once more from the VESTAS SAILROCKET operations base in Walvis Bay , Namibia.

We arrived yesterday afternoon after a round-a-bout tour of Africa via DOHA in Qatar, Johannesberg, Cape Town (overnight stopover) and then a final flight into Walvis Bay itself. I've never seen Walvis Bay from the air. It looks tiny. Emerging from that tiny cabin into the glaring Namibian sun, I mused to myself was like coming out the tip of an intravenous needle right into the heart of the speed sailing world.

A big congratulations from all the team here at VESTAS Sailrocket to the wonderful achievements of the Hydroptere team. I personally think it is great to have other teams of this calibre out there constantly pushing the limits and raising the bar.

VESTAS SAILROCKET finishes 2nd record attempt with a century run... (in homage to Bernard Smiths 100th birthday.)

Yesterday was a bit strange for me as the mood changed from a record breaking mode to a more reflective one. It also marked the end of a record session plagued by winds that always seemed to be just not quite right.