Mary Rook, our onboard umpire as we lead Team Origin around St Catherine’s lighthouse and head for The Bridge buoy off the Needles. We’re doing 11 knots or so here and it’s getting bumpy for the AC V5 boats…

America’s Cup legend Murray Jones (left) helps grind the main as they look at ‘One Jag’ aka Team Origin nipping at our heels as she tries to gain an overlap…

Whooaaa! 16kts down the Solent in a 24-tonne lead mine…the finish is in sight…

The moment it got hairy on the first run with Origin luffing us virtually head to wind and incurring a penalty for not giving us enough room to drop the kite (!) and for being ‘unseamanlike’….