William, running comfortably during the early stages of the race.

Ria (below) crewing for Sjavik Trond and having a nice time (but the beer in non-alcoholic – William will be knocking back the not-at-all-hard stuff himself during the race as we’ve found it works well during races). Ria won Monaco in 2007. I expect Alan will claim to have snapped this shot as a gesture of international good will and a way of fostering friendly inter-crew relations. I’m sure Ria being an attractive, fit, tanned, blonde Scandinavian had nothing to do with it. At all. Not even a little bit.