A bowl of apple crumble shouldn't be enough to break you. But after months at sea, cold, exhaustion, and a team slowly coming apart, sometimes the smallest things carry the weight of everything else.

Between sips of cocoa on our last anchor watch, Graham looked at me and said, "I don't think I've ever gotten first in anything." It hit me: it wasn't just him. After twelve stages of pushing from behind, our team had one last chance to change that. What it took to get there is the part that made it matter...

I thought I knew what crossing the finish line of a circumnavigation would feel like. A few weeks before race finish, I even wrote down my predictions. Reading them now, I'm struck by what I got right - and what I couldn't possibly have understood until I was standing on the other side of it. It turns out you can prepare for the finish line, but not for what comes after.

We quickly learned a two-bedroom apartment doesn’t translate to a two-stateroom sailboat. Downsizing for life on the water wasn’t just about space - it was an emotional reset. Here's how we made it work and the tips we’d share with anyone facing a major downsize.

Boat shopping is a journey - sometimes exhilarating, sometimes exhausting, and occasionally downright stinky. After a long journey, we knew she was home when we stepped aboard.