Good Morning all,

And we are off again on our final leg to Liverpool, I suppose it was an emotional goodbye to Derry-Londonderry as we had our final crew brief, and our last Skipper's dockside huddle.

I had a great time during the stopover and met up with lots of our fans and followers and got to meet some new family members who weren't around before we left. The crew all seemed to enjoy themselves, my mum put on a social do which went down well, Roseann organised a lunch and beer tasting at the Walled City Brewery (worth a visit) and our Adopt a Crew host was Grannie Annie’s where we made it to for a few drinks and food on a number of occasions, and then Tim Hentschel, CEO of HotelPlanner.com, took us out to the rooftop bar at the City Hotel. I could go on and on about how great Derry is but you should really go and visit and see for yourself. Thank you to John McNulty of McCrossan City Tours for giving the HotelPlanner.com crew a tour of the walls.

Since we left it's been great sailing, a few wind shifts and down to no wind, as we ended up beating out of Lough Foyle. Then a spinnaker run to Inishtrahul and now we find ourselves beating upwind again just north of Tory Island. We remain in the mix, but are watching around as we have Liverpool 2018 (Hi Lance) nearby and although we are going to the team’s home port and want them to do well, it would suit our overall placing if we finished a couple of boats in front of them.

So, back to trim, trim, trim...

Chat again tomorrow,

Conall