After a few calm days at sea, Pieter Adriaans and his Open40 RoboSail reached the island of São Jorge, Azores. He immediately started off to clean and repair his boat. The mainsail is now fixed, as is the general mess that a race makes of a racing yacht.

Pieter, now relaxing on the island, looks back with mixed emotions, but with a mostly positive attitude. "It was great to be back on the Atlantic again", Pieter says. "It's unfortunate it had to end this way, but as I said earlier: case closed. One of the most important things is that RoboSail's innovations worked beautifully, especially the Odys autopilot".

It is Pieter's plan to return to The Netherlands in the course of August.