Lifetime achievement completed today at La franqui with 4x 2 sec speeds over 40 knots - wow. In the company of greatness so my speeds don't look too great alongside some of the best of the day but I'm still happy. Well worth the trip down to S France again and worth  the pain of sleeping in the hotel 'Mondeo'. Saturday wasn't too good a day with some average speeds and broke a mast and had a huge walk back with kit and then a swim later when the wind dropped off!! Too old for all this?! Really pleased to have broken 40 kts but how do these guys do 50 knots+? Incredible. It was a pleasurte to be sailing in the company of many of the fastest people in the world.....