A Bad Day...Redeemed

Had a bad day recently?  Winter blah's, stuck in the snow, cold hands wet feet?  Nobody loves you?

How would you like to work like a dog preparing yourself and your boat to win the world's most difficult sailboat race, race your heart out for 87 days, pulling yourself back from a huge deficit to actually take the lead only to be set back by nagging equipment failure?  But wait, there's more: you keep fighting and amazingly are just about to finish on the podium after sailing 25,000 plus miles when only 50 miles from the finish...your keel falls off!

If you haven't tuned in to the amazing Vendee Globe race, and particularly to the trials and tribulations of Mike Golding, do yourself a favor and check it out.  His is only one of twenty amazing stories (one for each of the competitors) as they sail, alone, non-stop around the world.

Oh, and Mike made it the last 50 miles, nursing his boat along with water ballast and a tiny sail plan.  How was your day again?