The last month has been one the whole team would love to forget.  Having to say goodbye to the dream that you have worked so hard on for so long has been soul destroying.  Akin only to splitting with a long term love.  It has tested our resolve, our friendships, our business relationships and made us all question why on earth we do this.  It has taken hours of phone calls, many meetings and a lot of thinking and rethinking to get to the position we find ourselves in now.  One thing we can all honestly say is that no stone has been left unturned in the quest to make the start of the GOR but in the end we just couldn't make the numbers add up, there is no way of getting around the fact that 1+1=2.

Poor old 40 Degrees has been sat with a new bottom just itching to show it off to the world but without new sails she was unable to leave the dock.  Now we have reached a deal with the boys at North Sails Germany we are finally able to get out there.  Of course we wish that was a mad dash to Palma but its not so rather than lick our wounds we now have a short term program in place whilst we search for that elusive sponsor who will make the longer term plan a reality.

Tonight we set sail on the RORC Cherbourg race.  With 2 other Class 40's to race against I guess the bonus is that within class all we have to do is finish to get a podium position!!  Next week we will head down to Benodet for the Class 40 worlds joined by the boat's owner Peter Harding.  We will have a lot of work to do to compete with the guys that regularly sail the 40's inshore but a challenge is not something we are afraid of.

As and when we have concrete plans and lots of cash we will of course bring the news but for now we are concentrating on each day at a time.  Learning, improving and reminding ourselves why we love this sport.  We really must say a massive thank you to Dafydd Hughes - mentor, investor, 'chief shore dude' and above all great great friend.  Without this amazing man and his incredible support we would be nothing more than a couple of girls with big dreams.   

Cheers Daf!