The Edinburgh Inspiring Capital Yacht finally arrive in Western Australia - “It was totally awesome, scary, frightening, the most horrendous conditions you could ever imagine. Absolutely fantastic, though,” explains skipper Gordon Reid.
“Sometimes when it was totally serene when we were down below 40 degrees south it was perfectly calm, a mist on the sea and icy cold and then at other times it was like nothing else on Earth: 40 to 60-foot waves, winds blowing at 60 miles an hour. It was totally ferocious – you felt like a matchstick being thrown around all the time but what a ride,” continues Gordon, who went on to praise his crew’s attitude.
“We went through two particularly bad storms and a few of them were terrified the first time but came to enjoy it as we were in the storm for so long, probably about 24 hours, and in the end they absolutely loved it and couldn’t wait for the next one".