Unfortunately it wasn’t to be….big winds, big seas led to crew injury, we returned to nearest marina to find our steering hanging by a thread….we had to leave the race 😔 We were near west end of Christchurch bay when we had to turn back. It was a serious hand injury needing surgery. There were quite a few Fastnet casualties in A&E on Saturday night apparently. But navigating twice through Hurst narrows in this weather was an achievement in itself!! We all live to sail another day! None of our photos can show the conditions we faced. I head to Cherbourg by ferry tomorrow to join the party, see the finishers, break my heart a little more and have a good long hard think about whether I should try this again ;)
