Final leg and finish

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Back into the English Channel – SW F6/7 Dave, Kerri and Tom on the rail

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Neal and Mark braced in the cockpit

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Under 2 reefs and Code 4 jib, with Beachy Head in sight

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Final evening – still pretty lumpy

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Tom and Dave

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Neal, Kerri, Dave

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Final morning – Kezia waits for Mostly Harmless to round Norris

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0713, 21st August 2006 (RORC racing manager, Janet Grosvenor was very impressed that crew were still on the rail after thirteen days)

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Abi and Natalie wait with champagne for Mostly Harmless to come alongside….

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….as Mostly Harmless approaches Trinity Landing

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Opening the champagne

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Offshore navigator explains to inshore navigator/team manager how we found a drying bank (unmarked on our passage planning charts – see Bob’s blog) in the North Sea

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After 2,000 miles, skipper very happy to hand over wheel for passage from Cowes back to the Hamble

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