Several crews from the Blue Water Rally share their thoughts on the eve of the start of their around the world adventure!

We aim to update this diary weekly from now.This first post covers our time in Gibraltar since we arrived here early in September.

After the excitement of arrival we had a sense of anticlimax for the …

We crawled through holes, absailed down slimy walls and crept along wafer thin ledges on this tour of the caves below St Michaels Cave.

After about 2,000 miles we finished our voyage in Gibraltar. Even a near collision with a ferry off Tarifa didn’t dampen our enthusiasm as we reached the final stage of our first leg!

We were nearly blown over as we neared the harbour! Freddie and I were dancing around the front of the boat having seawater chucked in our faces.
The joy disappeared when we were mooring up. Tension …