Andy has managed everything out in Australia and was saying how impressed he was with Seven Star Yacht Transport who are managing the shipping - always nice to work with professionals and they have been great from the paperwork through to logistics on the ground.

She's loaded - Spirit of Mystery was loaded this morning in Port Kembla Australia and will start heading home to Cornwall via the Caribbean where she will be cross decked to another ship, and then on to Flushing in Holland where she will be put back in the water for us to sail her home. I have to say that I am really excited about getting back in home waters for the sailing season.

I have some exciting news - Andy has sailed Spirit of Mystery down to Port Kembla where she will be loaded on to a ship for home next weekend.

I popped over on a Sydney Ferry on Saturday to check 'Spirit of Mystery' was in good order for a sail down the coast to Port Kembla. She looked her usual elegant self, and with a wake of the ferry disturbing her morning snooze, she came alive and bucked like a stallion in a field full of fresh grass. Charts [...]