It has been the most exciting 10 days of 18 foot skiff sailing on Sydney Harbour.
This year's JJ Giltinan World Championships trophy came right down to the wire with only 1 or 2 points separating the leaders going into the final race.
Unfortunately, I could not be with my team this year and so had to cheer for them from the comfort of my lounge here in the UK.
The time difference has been interesting and I have set my alarm to wake every morning so I can check their results and see how each race went.
The story behind Andy getting the new boat ready and finding suitable crew to train and race in the regatta is one of pure determination and is really inspiring. Literally, blood, sweat and I am sure a few tears have gone into this campaign and it has all paid off for them.
Tragically, they were in the lead and looked like they were going to take the win and bring the trophy home for the UK but during the race the trapeze wires broke and so meant they had to capsize to fix it, and lost a lot of places.
I am so proud of the guys as they came through so much to get to this point and have deservedly achieved third in the world.
There is photos and a full race report on the team site, check it out- http://www.projectracing.co.uk/
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