Crew Briefing Day It was the first day of getting the majority of crew together for a mass briefing. I met up with old friends and made some new. Everyone was wearing silly grins on their faces and of course proudly showing off their new Clipper Crew jackets. We are the Clipperarti! A quick tour round my possible new home - a Clipper 70 and then to the hotel for the briefing via PR shots for the website. Big smiles all round. Lots of information was imparted by...

A great week getting to know the boats and some of my fellow sailors. Andy - Quads of Gods, Richard, Dana, Will, Nick and Phil with Hugh as Skipper and 1st Mate, Quintin. We were put through our paces throughout the week and learnt and refreshed a million things. I finally think I've got the hang of helming (BZ from Quintin!) and managed to lead the main sail hoist on the last day with only minor intervention! We learnt about the sails and procedures and how to...